Buzz on Business

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...

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...

We Blame Salesforce! The Financial Animal Gets it Wrong. Again!

William Walsh
While we didn’t come right out and say it, we implied and indeed believed, that if yesterday’s Core PCE came in, even one tick, below expectations...

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 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...

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 ...

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