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...

Is the Market Wrong Again? The Financial Animal Raises Concerns About Inflation

William Walsh
At the Buzz on Business, we are fans of free markets. We do not hold that markets are perfect, by any means, just that they are better than all of the...

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...

Consumer Confidence & The Psychology of Inflation

William Walsh
In a report issued monthly by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Consumer Inflation Expectations ticked up in April for the first time since Octobe...

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...

Hope vs. Reality: Can the Stock Market Keep Rallying Without a Fed Rate Cut?

William Walsh
Wall Street has been wishing and hoping for a rate cut from the Federal Reserve, probably since rates started heading up in March of 2022. Those hopes...

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 ...

Bullish Reversal After Fed Meeting: Stocks Surge Higher

William Walsh
Given the small but not insignificant policy change from the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee at the conclusion of their meeting on Wednesday and...

Bullish Reversal After Fed Meeting: Stocks Surge Higher

William Walsh
Given the small but not insignificant policy change from the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee at the conclusion of their meeting on Wednesday and...

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 ...

Mixed Signals: Markets Down, Earnings Up - What's Going On?

William Walsh
When we see a dramatic move in the markets, we can typically guess the cause, especially when that move comes in the overnight session. Before the ope...
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