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Mixed Market, Mixed Signals: Navigating the September Effect 

William Walsh
Stocks were again mostly lower on Thursday, a bit of a rebound in the large cap tech stocks kept the NASDAQ out of the red for the day.  Fears of ec...

Intel's Meltdown: A Cautionary Tale for Investors

William Walsh
In 2002, or thereabouts, I began working with a client who owned something like $1.5 million of stock in Intel, which was, at the time, the largest ch...

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 ...

Stock Market Sets New Highs as Bond Yields Fall: The Ministry of Truth Explains

William Walsh
ON THE FIRST DAY OF Financial Advisor school everyone learns that falling interest rates mean a weakening economy. That’s not really true. On the f...

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 ...

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...

Market Rollercoaster: Jobs Report Ignites Rally, Triple Witching Sparks Sell-Off

William Walsh
Not too hot. Not too cold. The economic data that came out on Friday just might have been perfect. Perfect if you’re worried about an overheating ec...

Stocks Rise After Jobs Report: Is Good News Good News Again?

William Walsh
Really good news from the labor market on Friday. But, interest rates rose, and stocks faltered as the news was released an hour before the opening be...

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