Buzz on Business

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...

Jerome Powell in La La Land: Inflation Soars While the Fed Fiddles

William Walsh
Over the course of the last six months or so, we have openly worried about the future course of inflation. In an episode in November, we pointed out t...

The Financial Animal Asks: Is This Bull Market Running on Empty?

William Walsh
Volume fell yet again on Friday, and this time it fell to the lowest point since January and to one of the lowest levels in years. We’ll include a l...

Bullish Market, Bearish Volume: Stocks Climb But Should You Be Worried?

William Walsh
Stocks moved moderately higher on Thursday and closed at or near their highs for the day as advancers led decliners by a respectable two-to-one. But v...

Wall Street Cries Wolf? Why You Shouldn't Base Your Investments on Fearmongering

William Walsh
We read an interesting paper with an interesting premise on Tuesday. Entitled “Either Stocks or Bonds Are Wrong”—we’ll put a link below—the ...

Bullish Reversal Followed by Bearish Reversal? Huh? The Financial Animal Decodes Mixed Signals

William Walsh
On Friday, we reported that the S&P 500 had had a lower low and a higher close, a pattern known as a Bullish Reversal. Over the next three trading ses...

Is Stagflation Lurking? The Buzz on Business Examines Friday's Jobs Report

William Walsh
Friday’s employment report came in well below expectations. We’ll get into the details in just a minute but the stock and bond markets celebrated ...

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,...

Rare Market Divergence: Is a Big Change Coming?

William Walsh
We often report, here on the Buzz on Business, that “markets finished mixed.” Meaning one or more of the major indexes on which we regularly repor...

Is the Economic Expansion Over? The Financial Animal Raises Concerns

William Walsh
Stocks finished mostly lower on Thursday and now have given up all of their gains since at least mid-February and since peaking on April 1st. Declines...

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...

Financial Animal: Debunking the Myths Behind Gold's Rally

William Walsh
Is gold a safe haven or a ticking time bomb? William Walsh of the Financial Animal Podcast debates the true meaning behind gold's record highs. Tune i...

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