Archive for October 2022
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 10/23/22 – 10/29/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Oct. 23 – 29 Q3 GDP turns positive The negative growth in the first half of 2022 was reversed in the third quarter. The initial reading of third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) came in at +2.6%; added to the -2.2% GDP from the first six…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 10/16/22 – 10/22/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Oct. 16 – 22 Earnings keep markets afloat Some dread existed as third-quarter earnings began in earnest last week. However, earnings have been mostly positive, beating low expectations. Better earnings helped markets last week, but anxiety about the economy’s trajectory and the path of interest…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 10/9/22 – 10/15/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Oct. 9 – 15 Next rate increase locked in at 75 basis points September inflation data came in higher than expected last week. The producer price index (PPI) released on Wednesday was at the upper end of the consensus range at 0.4%, up 0.5 percentage…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute | 10/13/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Whiplash for investors as markets drop and bounce right back up Inflation isn’t declining as expected. That’s the news today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which reported the consumer price index (CPI) dipped ever so slightly from 8.3% in August to 8.2% in September. The news pushed markets down early in…
Read MoreAEWM Wealth Report – Riding Out the Bear Market
Download PDF Version Riding Out the Bear Market Don’t let market downturns derail your long-term goals. Market downturns are an inevitable part of the investing cycle. Investors who see them as an opportunity for growth and stay the course are more likely to achieve their long-term goals. Overview “What goes up must come down.” Investors…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 10/2/22 – 10/8/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Oct. 2 – Oct. 8 When good news is bad news Let’s talk jobs. Employment — or, more specifically, a lack of employment — is a key indicator of an impending recession. But while everything else, like a yield curve inversion and quickly rising interest…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management Quarterly Market Report for Q3-2022
Reality Sets In The third quarter of 2022 was a roller coaster for markets. After hitting yearly lows in mid-June, markets rallied in July and into the first half of August. The catalyst for the mid-quarter rally? A mostly flawed notion on the markets’ part that the Federal Reserve would pull back from its aggressive…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 9/25/22 – 10/1/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Sept. 25 – Oct. 1 Bank of England pivot sends shudders through a fragile market Markets kept sliding downward last week, as Hurricane Ian battered Florida and the Nord Stream pipelines sprung leaks. The human and economic impact from the hurricane on Florida will be…
Read MoreAEWM Wealth Report – Midterms and Markets
Download PDF Version Midterms and Markets What midterm elections could mean for your financial plan Elections tend to create a lot of questions and uncertainty. The uncertainty wreaks havoc on markets, which are concerned about potential changes or stalls in fiscal, tax, estate, international and environmental policies. Overview Americans are heading back to the polls.…
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