Elsewhere on the page I’ve predicted a boring stretch for the stock market because AAPL for a rare change has the blahs. This probably won’t last much longer — it never does — but there’s no way the broad averages are headed higher as long as Apple shares are taking even baby steps lower.  If there is market risk here, it comes from the prospect that the October CPI number due to be released today will come in lower than the expected 1.7%-2.0%. If so, the Fed’s tightening project, already lacking in credibility, would be even more in doubt. The datum will be announced at 8:30 a.m., an hour before the NYSE opening bell. Index futures were trading lower Tuesday night, seeming to discount a weak inflation number. As traders, we’re probably blessed not to know what the number will be.