Buzz on Business

Market Madness: Microsoft Miss, McDonald's Magic, and a Fed Frenzy 

William Walsh
The Buzz on Business for July 30th, 2024  Microsoft and a host of other big technology companies sold off during the day on Tuesday, in anticipat...

Market Mood Swings and Fed Jitters: A Boring Day on Wall Street

William Walsh
Perhaps the best explanation for the rather confusing market action we saw on Monday is the Federal Open Market Committee and its two-day meeting that...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Inflation Numbers Met Expectations, But Are Still Too High: Financial Animal

William Walsh
The inflation numbers came in on Friday and came in just about as expected. We’ll have more on that in a minute. But markets were closed, and we cou...

New All-Time High for S&P 500: But Why?

William Walsh
Financial markets, like most institutions, thrive under strong leadership. Whether it be a business, a community organization, a family, or even your ...

Bitcoin Soars, Stocks Stall: A Sign of Things to Come?

William Walsh
Stocks traded in a narrow range to finish mixed on Monday as volume falls again. Is it that traders are on the sidelines awaiting the PCE data due out...

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...
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