Month: February 2026
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Feb. 8-14, 2026 Markets take another step back as ‘consolidation’ sets in The markets continued their wild gyrations last week, hitting records one day and giving up all year-to-date gains the next. If you look at the S&P 500’s performance so far this year, it’s an up-and-down, peak-to-valley…
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Feb. 1-7, 2026 The wild trading continues We started the week with a partial government shutdown, which was quickly resolved.1 However, funding for the Department of Homeland Security remains a point of friction and will pop up again when temporary funding runs out on Friday, Feb. 13.2 Then…
Download PDF Version Learn about the lesser-known benefits of owning a Health Savings Account (HSA) to help fund your retirement. A Few Key Takeaways: Overview A health savings account, often referred to as an HSA, is a savings vehicle that can be paired with a high-deductible health insurance plan (HDHP). It is designed to help…
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Jan. 25-31, 2026 Trump taps Warsh for Fed chair January came to an end last week — and we can’t say the final week of the first month was uneventful. To no one’s surprise, the Federal Reserve didn’t cut rates for the fourth consecutive time at its first…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 2/15/26 – 2/21/26
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Feb. 15-21, 2026 Markets shrug off low GDP report Normally, bad news is, well, bad. But a weak fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) number didn’t seem to faze markets. We haven’t closed above 7,000 on the S&P 500 in 2026, but have come tantalizingly close.1 We did close…
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