Posts by Basil Schmitz
AE 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…
Read MoreAEWM Wealth Report: Sell in May and Go Away?
Download PDF Version Some investors choose to exit the market for several months each year when performance is expected to be flat. What could be the merits — and flaws — of this tactic? Overview There’s a catchy phrase that gets tossed around in the investment world around this time of year: “Sell in May…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute — Fed comments push markets down
Fed comments push markets down What should have been a quiet week for investors (at least from a data perspective) has turned out to be anything but as markets moved down on Wednesday. The primary party pooper this time is Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who addressed the Economic Club of Chicago early Wednesday. “Tariffs…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute — Market whiplash
Market whiplash If the markets have you feeling a bit discombobulated, you’re not alone. After a rotten few days were capped by one of the best daily market performances ever on Wednesday, markets reversed course on Thursday and moved downward once again.1 Several things are causing the latest market gyrations. Bond yields continue to climb…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute — Markets soar as tariff pause provides relief
Markets soar as tariff pause provides relief After days of market turbulence, U.S. equities roared back to life on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 climbing 9.52% and the Nasdaq surging 12.16%.1 The catalyst? A 90-day pause on new tariffs announced by the Trump administration, providing relief to markets concerned about escalating trade tensions.2 The pause…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 3/23/25 – 3/29/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: March 23-29, 2025 Another rough week for stocks Last week started with a bit of hope — but the optimism didn’t last long. Investors initially thought President Donald Trump’s administration might go easy on the next round of tariffs, but on Wednesday, the president announced a hefty 25%…
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