Are we overcomplicating things with macro, or is price truly all that matters?

Been thinking a lot lately about how much weight we assign to macro narratives vs. simply reading the tape. Every earnings season, every FOMC, the discourse is saturated with complex geopolitical factors, inflation outlooks, and interest rate projections. And yet, when you look at how some of these smaller caps move, like $BIOC at its current $0.4349, it feels like those broader themes often get overridden by very specific catalysts or just pure sentiment. Same with some of the larger tech names; good news might get faded, bad news bought up.

It makes me wonder if we, as retail, are putting too much effort into dissecting every nuanced piece of macroeconomic data when the institutional players are already front-running or simply reacting to the immediate order flow. Is the noise from all the macro analysis actually obscuring the more direct signals from price action itself? I'm curious to hear where others stand on this. Push back on me.