Posts by Basil Schmitz
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 7/13/25 – 7/19/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: July 13-19, 2025 The drama continues It feels like we’ve been writing about this every week for the last six months, but once again, President Donald Trump says he wants to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell because interest rates are “artificially high.”1 Last week opened another chapter…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 7/6/25 – 7/12/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: July 6-12, 2025 It’s like déjà vu all over again The third quarter of 2025 is starting out with some eerie parallels to the way the second quarter opened. But so far, markets are a little more chill than they were in April. Back then, markets were jarred…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 6/29/25 – 7/5/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: June 29-July 5, 2025 “Big Beautiful Bill” signed into law Now that President Donald Trump has signed the sweeping reconciliation bill into law, the markets can take that potential unknown off the table and adapt to a new landscape.1 This does not mean the bill is perfect, that…
Read MoreAEWM Wealth Report: Protecting Yourself From Cybercrime
Download PDF Version Eight tips for preventing hackers from stealing your money and identity. Key Takeaways Overview As digital payment platforms become more widespread, hackers are looking to take a cut of the action. Around 65% of U.S. adults say they use a digital form of payment at least once a month, and in 2024,…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 6/22/25 – 6/28/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: June 22-28, 2025 U.S. bombs Iran’s nuclear facilities If someone said we would see oil prices drop $10 per barrel and the S&P 500 hit a new high in the week after the U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear production facilities, what would you say?1,2 Well, it did happen. Almost…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 6/15/25 – 6/21/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: June 15-21, 2025 All eyes on the Middle East Markets were focused on the conflict between Israel and Iran all last week, with the China trade deal, the Federal Reserve meeting and the G7 gathering all taking a backseat. Last week’s Israeli strikes against Iran were surgical, with…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 6/8/25 – 6/14/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: June 8-14, 2025 Israel takes action against Iran Last week ended with Israel preemptively attacking Iran and its nuclear weapons capabilities. Iran was in talks over its nuclear ambitions, but the talks were viewed as going nowhere. Instead, Iran was trying to enrich as much weapons-grade uranium as…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 6/1/25 – 6/7/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: June 1-7, 2025 Give us your best offer President Trump gave our trade adversaries a Wednesday deadline to step up with their best offer or ideas as to how they will trade with us, the same day a 50% tariff went into effect on aluminum and steel.1,2 Markets…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/25/25 – 5/31/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: May 25-31, 2025 Tariffs delayed are tariffs denied Markets opened the week after the Memorial Day holiday with a bang as President Trump pushed the implementation date for tariffs on the European Union back to July 9.1 Then markets began to trade off just as quickly until the…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/4/25 – 5/10/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: May 4-10, 2025 Fed says we can afford to wait The Federal Reserve’s May meeting concluded last Wednesday but brought us no clarity about what to expect for the future direction of interest rates. What we got, instead, was one big fat “we’ll see” and unchanged rates.1 The…
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