Tom Hudson
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Miami, FL, United States
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The Week Ahead: Investors look ahead of today’s inflation as more rate hikes loom
It has been almost five months since the Federal Reserve turned its full attention and force of action toward fighting inflation. We may see if it’s → Read More
The Week Ahead: Listening for what people, not companies, say about jobs
Would you believe the U.S. economy lost 315,000 jobs in June? And that it gained 372,000 jobs the same month?It did. So how is that possible?It’s pos → Read More
The Week Ahead: Fed looking for the right number on interest rates
What are 25 basis points worth? What message does a quarter percentage point rise in short-term interest rates send to investors, companies and consumers?T → Read More
The Week Ahead: From horror to suspense — waiting for the next chapter in the Netflix story
Losing 200,000 customers in 90 days. An unpopular price hike. And a 35 percent stock freefall. That was the story at Netflix three months ago when it relea → Read More
The Week Ahead: Trying to see through the fog
Visibility is one of those jargony words reserved for pilots, meteorologists, and business leaders. And there has been very little visibility for business. → Read More
The Week Ahead: Employment anxiety may not match June jobs data
Two recent economic news headlines did their job on me. They raised my economic anxiety level, which already is on edge.About 10 days ago the Wall Street J → Read More
The Week Ahead: Core inflation may have peaked, but still well-above Fed’s target
The high price of gasoline doesn’t really matter to the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation.That’s the stark reality as American dr → Read More
The Week Ahead: Disrepair or renovating confidence — a check on the state of housing
The American housing market has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic in good health. It has been able to flourish despite (or in some places because of) infecti → Read More
The Week Ahead: Another step toward the economy standing on its own
The Federal Reserve will be one step closer in the week ahead to ending its current cycle of raising interest rates.That offers cold comfort to borrowers, → Read More
The Week Ahead: Inflation, confidence and the waning belief in a soft landing
Sell in May and go away is the tired investing adage. Well, will the investment markets now swoon in June?Talk of an impending recession grew much louder i → Read More
The Week Ahead: The forward momentum in the job market deserves respect
The monthly jobs report is the Rodney Dangerfield of economic statistics. It gets little respect yet has a big and important audience.In good times, employ → Read More
The Week Ahead: No place to hide from the bear market
Wall Street loves acronyms and nicknames. Consider the “TINA trade,” which came into currency as governments struggled to mitigate the fallout → Read More
The Week Ahead: Draining the proverbial punch bowl for investors
It was a heckuva party and now the hangover has set in. The S&P 500 stock index is down about 20 percent from its pandemic high. The NASDAQ Composite h → Read More
The Week Ahead: Hoping for a turn in inflation trend, Fed will fight on
Now that the Federal Reserve has polished up its inflation-fighting credentials, has consumer inflation topped out?There was little relief from higher pric → Read More
The Week Ahead: Picking up speed in hopes of slowing down
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to take a big step in the week ahead on its “expeditious march” to get its interest rate back to a more → Read More
Week Ahead: Signs of confidence and concern among consumers
As consumers, we are a fickle bunch. Job prospects, high gasoline prices, rising interest rates, war in Ukraine, COVID-19 and politics are just some the he → Read More
'I don't have a lot of hope' says Florida Ag Commissioner about her own renewable energy targets
Can Florida get all of its electricity from renewable sources by the year 2050? → Read More
Week Ahead: Hearing if fear is part of the financial forecasts
A bull market is developing in recession expectations. In the week ahead, investors will have the chance to hear if dozens of companies share that fear.Eve → Read More
Week Ahead: All flame from Congress, little heat over gasoline prices
Congress doesn’t often speak clearly and in plain language. That’s not the case for a hearing in the week ahead with a half dozen fossil fuel c → Read More
Week Ahead: Data for the Federal Reserve to double down
Much is made about the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate of managing monetary policy to achieve full employment and stable prices. Over the first two ye → Read More