We often speak to industry professionals in search of a crystal ball to predict the future of the market. When prices are rising, as they are now, we naturally want to know how much longer they will continue that way. So we formulate a guess based off of data that is likely to change and then build more guesses off of the first to understand how that future will impact us specifically. This, my friends, is a recipe for disaster. But what are we to do instead? The truth is that we must make predictions with each and every purchasing. . .