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Gold Up Over 40% in Six Months: Is Inflation Lurking?

William Walsh
For some months now, we have wondered and worried on this podcast about the rapid increase in the price of Gold. In October and November of last year,...

Is Inflation a Calculation Error? Economist Scott Granis Says Yes

William Walsh
As regular listeners know, we are dubious, to put it mildly, about financial analysts and journalists, especially when they issue predictions. The ide...

Wall Street Washed in April Showers: Is a May Flower Rally Coming?

William Walsh
The question, the most important question on the minds of traders and investors is this: Do April showers bring May flowers? Because to mix a metaphor...

The Ministry of Truth: Unveiling the Real Reasons Behind the Stock Market Sell-Off

William Walsh
Many commentators are explaining away the recent downdraft in stocks by pointing to geopolitical events in Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Cle...

End of the Rate Cut Dream? Will the Fed Hike Rates Before Cutting Them?

William Walsh
Given the results of Friday’s trading, which we’ll get to in just a minute, Wall Street seems to finally be coming to grips with the now undeniabl...

Fed Rate Cuts in 2024? Don't Hold Your Breath, But Here's What To Watch Now

William Walsh
The Producer Price Index complex, which measures inflation at the wholesale level, came in a tick better than expected Thursday morning. More on that ...

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...

Fed Rate Cuts on Hold? The Financial Animal Says We Told You So!

William Walsh
Sometimes, we think that the best job for us would have been as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. It seems to us that all these guys...

Good Jobs, Bad News? Markets Wait for Wednesday's Inflation Numbers

William Walsh
On Friday, the labor market complex came in well above expectations. The economy created 303,000 new jobs in March versus the 212,000 that Wall Street...

Stocks Up, Rates Up, Gold Up: Is There Room to Run in This Market Rally?

William Walsh
Stocks bounced on Friday, but volume was off, and markets finished with a loss for the week, which was only the fifth down week since this rally began...

Stock Market Swoons After Fed's Kashkari Throws Cold Water on Rate Cuts

William Walsh
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President and member of the Fed’s Board of Governors, Neel Kashkari, spoke a little truth to power yesterday and se...

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...

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