Buzz on Business

Stocks Soar Despite Inflation Spike: A New Bull Market? 

William Walsh
Friday was a pretty good day on Wall Street. All the major indexes posted gains, volume was down from Thursday’s level but above average and pretty ...

Mixed Signals: Markets at All-Time Highs Despite Weakening Labor Market 

William Walsh
It was more of the same over the 4th of July holiday shortened week on Wall Street.  The indexes were mixed but the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ Composite...

Confusing Signals: Strong Jobs Report Tanks Stocks as Investors Fear the Fed

William Walsh
Over the last six months or so, good economic news has often spelled bad news for the stock market and, just as often, bad news was good news. As we...

ADP vs. Payrolls: Will Today's Jobs Report Confirm Labor Market Weakness?

William Walsh
The labor market data that was released on Thursday before the opening bell was weak. We’ll go over all the numbers in just a minute, but we remain ...

Oil Prices Plunge on OPEC Production Hike

William Walsh
The all-new bad news is bad news narrative continues to take hold on Wall Street. We’ll get to the numbers in just a few minutes but weakness in the...

The Battle Between Good News and Bad News: Why the Stock Market Can Be So Confusing

William Walsh
For some time now, we’ve taken note of the fact that good economic news is often bad news for the markets and vice versa. This is because, as the st...

From Rugrat to Big-Shot Lawyer: A Father-Son Story and the Dow at 40,000

William Walsh
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 40,000 for the first time ever on Friday. Quite the milestone and quite a tribute to American business a...

Risk Premium Squeeze: How Inflation Makes Stocks Less Attractive

William Walsh
Higher than expected inflation numbers turned buyers into sellers on Wednesday as the hopes and dreams of traders for a near-term rate cut were dashed...

No Rate Cuts Until June? Fed Talk Sends Stocks Sinking

William Walsh
Federal Reserve member Loretta Mester threw cold water on hopes of an early rate cut, spooking investors and triggering a broad market sell-off. We an...

Tech Gains, Dow Down, Bonds Up - But Was Anyone Really Watching?

William Walsh
Stocks finished mixed on Friday, but volume was very low, and we couldn’t help but get the feeling that traders took the day off, got out of town, a...

NVIDIA Drives Market Rally: AI Revolution Real, But Not a Hype-Driven Bubble

William Walsh
It has become apparent to us here at the Buzz on Business that the Artificial Intelligence revolution, which we see all around us, is analogous to the...

Market Meltdown or Monster Earnings? NVIDIA in the Spotlight after Inflation Scare

William Walsh
Still in shock from last week’s bad news on the inflation front, traders returned from the President’s Day holiday yesterday and quickly realized ...
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