Posts Tagged ‘inflation’
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/17-4/23/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Chaotic week for markets Q1 2022 GDP and where this economy is headed After growing by 5.5% last year, some analysts predict a major economic downturn. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.9% in the last quarter of 2021, and now some expectations are calling for growth to slip to 1.5% in…
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…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/10-4/16/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Markets struggle as inflation continues its upward climb Inflation is not going anywhere soon Despite the shorter trading week thanks to the Good Friday holiday, the markets managed to pack five days of pain into four. All three major indices lost ground: the Dow dropped 0.78%, the S&P 500 2.13% and the…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Market Minute Blog | 2/24/22
The Impact of Russia/Ukraine Conflict on U.S. Markets After weeks of building tension, Russia has launched an offensive operation in Ukraine. Putin set the stage by announcing the “independence” of two rebel-held areas in Ukraine, then declared he would defend their independence against Ukrainian aggression. The declaration was merely a pretext for Russia’s wider foray…
Read MoreAE Wealth Management: Weekly Blog Insights | 9/5/21-9/11/21
Markets dropped every day last week Is the September curse rearing its ugly head? Each of the major domestic equity indexes dropped last week, experiencing losses every day. (Well, every day except Monday, when markets were closed for Labor Day.) Many factors conspired to push markets down, from continued inflation concerns and increases in longer-term…
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