Posts Tagged ‘AE Wealth Management’

VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Nov. 13 – 19 The back-and-forth dance continues for markets After a strong showing the previous week, the major domestic equities gave back most of the prior week’s gains and closed slightly lower last week. Markets opened weaker following comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher…

VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Nov. 6 – 12 Inflation takes a break After the markets voted their displeasure with midterm election results by shedding nearly 650 points on the Dow and 80 points on the S&P 500 on Wednesday, folks were holding their breath for October’s consumer price index…

VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Oct. 30 – Nov. 5 Fed raises rates as Powell disappoints markets (again) The Federal Reserve met last week and raised the federal funds rate another 75 basis points (0.75%) to a range of 3.75%-4.00%. This really wasn’t a surprise; the markets pretty much expected…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

VIEW PDF VERSION Markets tumble in wake of negative headlines Hurricane Ian barreled through Florida this week, leaving a wide swath of destruction in its wake. A natural disaster of this magnitude is a negative to markets, and it will still be several days before we see how extensive the fallout will be. It could…