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...

Inflation Stalls? Don't Celebrate Yet - Why the Fed Should Stay the Course

William Walsh
The Consumer Price Index for May came in better than expected yesterday. We’ll get into the specifics in just a moment but suffice it to say that th...

Fed on Hold: Will Economic Strength—or Weakness—Force its Hand This Week?

William Walsh
With all the labor market news moving stocks and bonds last week we entirely forgot that today is the start of two days of meetings of the Federal Res...

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 ...

The Fed: Mixed Messages and Missed Opportunities in the Fight Against Inflation?

William Walsh
The release on Wednesday of the minutes from the Federal Reserve Board meeting held earlier this month took a decidedly hawkish turn. Interesting to u...

Weak Economic Data: The Federal Reserve In a Corner

William Walsh
Thursday was a busy day on the economic calendar and all of the data that was released—all of it—pointed to a weakening economy. Nothing but red n...

Is the Market Wrong Again? The Financial Animal Raises Concerns About Inflation

William Walsh
At the Buzz on Business, we are fans of free markets. We do not hold that markets are perfect, by any means, just that they are better than all of the...

Hope vs. Reality: Can the Stock Market Keep Rallying Without a Fed Rate Cut?

William Walsh
Wall Street has been wishing and hoping for a rate cut from the Federal Reserve, probably since rates started heading up in March of 2022. Those hopes...

Fed Slows QT, Markets Do a Rollercoaster: The Financial Animal Explains

William Walsh
As expected, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee did not change interest rates as it concluded two days of meetings on Wednesday afternoon, but ...

Mixed Signals: Markets Down, Earnings Up - What's Going On?

William Walsh
When we see a dramatic move in the markets, we can typically guess the cause, especially when that move comes in the overnight session. Before the ope...

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