Posts Tagged ‘DJIA’
AE Wealth Management: Market Minute | 9/13/22
Inflation Data Blows Up Market’s Narrative CLICK here for downloadable PDF Until today, the market was self-indulging in the thought that we had reached “peak” inflation and that the Federal Reserve’s hawkishness was all smoke and mirrors. Markets reasoned that inflation would continue to decline and a Fed that appears predisposed to be dovish would…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute | 7/28/22
U.S. Economy Shrinks for 2nd Consecutive Quarter CLICK here for downloadable PDF The first reading of second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) numbers were released earlier today, showing the U.S. economy fell by 0.9% between the first of April and end of June. It’s the second consecutive quarter of negative growth – putting us into the traditional…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute | 7/13/22
Markets sink following inflation report CLICK here for downloadable PDF Inflation numbers are headed in the wrong direction. June’s consumer price index (CPI) came in at 9.1%, surpassing the expected 8.8% and hitting a fresh 40-year high. The number pretty much locks in another interest rate rise of 75 basis points (.75%) at the Federal…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Shrinking Savings | Blog
Download printable version here Americans are saving less and spending more — on plastic. Personal savings rates are dropping, while consumer debt is on the rise. What could this mean for the U.S. economy in the second half of the year? Overview After experiencing robust growth in 2021, the U.S. economy began to falter in…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute | 6/17/22
Download printable version here Interest rates spike, markets rally The Fed met on Tuesday and Wednesday. Expectations last week were for it to raise rates another 50 basis points (bps) and for the Fed Funds rate to rise to 1.25%, but over the weekend it was leaked that the Fed would rise by 75 basis…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute Blog | 6/13/22
Download printable version here Inflation soars, markets drop What a way to start the week. The Dow dropped 725 points in the first four hours of trading on Monday morning, continuing the slide that started on Friday after the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in at a sizzling 8.6% annualized rate. Market watchers and…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/22/22 – 5/28/22
View PDF Version Markets end their 8-week losing streak Is the losing over for markets? After nearly two months of down weeks, the S&P 500 and the Dow rallied last week, just managing to avoid bear territory. Two solid days of gains helped markets recoup some of the losses, but both indices remain…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute Blog | 5/19/22
Download printable version here Markets knocked out by one-two punch from retailers and Fed It’s been another week of “up one day and down the next” for U.S. markets. In a major about-face following a 437-point rally on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,160 points on Wednesday in its worst trading day in…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute Blog | 5/5/22
Markets jump one day – and plummet the next On Wednesday, May 4, the Federal Reserve raised rates by 50 basis points (.50%), its biggest hike in 22 years. The Fed had raised rates for the first time since 2018 at its March meeting, moving the Fed funds rate from 0.0 to 0.25%. The latest…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute Blog | 4/22/22
Markets declined Thursday and Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell confirmed the Fed’s intention to raise interest rates by 50 basis points at its next meeting in May. At the same meeting in May, a winddown of the Fed’s massive $9 trillion balance sheet will also be detailed. Higher interest rates meant to tame…
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