Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 25, 2023, in New York City.
Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 25, 2023, in New York City.
  • Experts have struggled to find textbook explanations for the surprising economic buoyancy and stock-market rally of 2023. 
  • Many commentators have instead turned to trendy catchphrases - such as FOMO and YOLO - to describe the behavior of investors and consumers. 
  • Here's a roundup of the quirkiest buzzwords used to comment on US equities and the economy. 

Many market experts have been at a loss to explain this year's surprisingly buoyant trend in US stocks, despite a slew of signals that the economy may be headed for a recession. Even the Federal Reserve's aggressive interest-rate increases and a bout of banking turmoil failed to rein the equity market's momentum.