When it comes to the divergence between soft and hard data, Mike Horwath says the hard data is winning the fight. He points to today's retail sales print as a signal for a strong consumer overcoming inflation woes. Mike's firm remains overweight on A.I. stocks and urges investors to check out "under the hood" companies that support Mega Cap names. On the FOMC, he argues that "if the Fed doesn't need to cut, they don't have to cut," as long as the U.S. economy stays strong.