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New High for the NASDAQ, But Why Did Other Indexes Fall?

William Walsh
Another new all-time high on the NASDAQ Composite masks a session of lassitude and indifference. The other indexes fell, in some cases dramatically, v...

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...

Apple Soars, Analyst Who Downgraded it Looks Foolish (Again!)

William Walsh
Back in January, during fourth quarter earnings season, we questioned a report filed by some Wall Street analyst or other, who downgraded Apple stock ...

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...

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...

Oil Prices Plunge on OPEC Production Hike

William Walsh
The all-new bad news is bad news narrative continues to take hold on Wall Street. We’ll get to the numbers in just a few minutes but weakness in the...

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...

Good News is Bad News: The Stock Market Rallies Despite Strong Economic Data

William Walsh
Good news is bad news.” Here at the Ministry of Truth, those are words to live by. We’ve always been at war with good news. On Thursday, we got ...

The Financial Animal: 40 Years of Market Crashes and Why You Should Never Panic

William Walsh
New all-time closing highs for the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ Composite but none of the enthusiasm one might reasonably expect from such milestones. Volum...

Is 2% Growth the New Normal for the US Economy?

William Walsh
It was “Let’s All Give a Speech Day” at the Federal Reserve yesterday. At least six leaders of the US Central Bank gave speeches on Monday. As o...

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...

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