Archive for August 2025
Blame AI for the market and economy disconnect
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 8/17/25 – 8/23/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Aug. 17-23, 2025 Powell speaks and markets like what they hear Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium late last week was just what the U.S. market wanted to hear.1 The days leading up to his speech were somewhat depressing, as the…
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by Ben Sullivan Chief Investment Officer, AE Wealth Management
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Combating Financial ‘Snake Oil’ in an Age of Information Overload” by Tom Siomades Chief Market Economist for AE Wealth Management
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 8/10/25 – 8/16/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Aug. 10-16, 2025 Markets rise on rate cut expectations A lot was riding on inflation data last week, with many of the usual “experts” calling for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to go up in response to tariffs. As usual, they were wrong, and the CPI stayed fairly…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 8/3/25 – 8/9/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Aug. 3-9, 2025 Trump follows through With the Aug. 1 tariff deadline looming last week, some traders were banking on President Donald Trump extending the deadline once again. But he followed through for the most part, saying the deadline “will not be extended” and making the tariffs effective…
Read MoreAEWM Wealth Report: How the Fed Funds Rate Impacts U.S. Consumers
Download PDF Version Overview After cutting interest rates three times in the last half of 2024, the Federal Reserve paused cuts in the first six months of 2025. Their reason for the pause: potentially inflationary tariffs and solid economic data.1 Throughout the pause, markets continued to keep a close eye on signs the Fed might…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 7/27/25 – 8/2/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: July 27-Aug. 2, 2025 Here we go again? There was a lot going on last week, from the Federal Reserve meeting and July jobs (more in the section below) to tariff deadlines, earnings and the initial second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) report. The week started off well enough,…
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