Weekly Commentaries
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/19/24 – 5/25/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: May 19-25, 2024 Sizing things up The week started slowly, as expected, with markets mulling over the inflation data from the previous week and letting off a bit of steam as we recorded new all-time highs. Things picked up on Wednesday following the release of the Federal Reserve’s…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/12/24 – 5/18/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: May 12-18, 2024 New week, same concerns Inflation isn’t budging. The producer price index (PPI) for March was revised downward from its original reading of 2.1% to 1.8%. Then, final demand (PPI minus food, energy and trade services) increased by 3.1% for the 12 months ending in April.…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/5/24 – 5/11/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: May 5-11, 2024 Calm before the storm? Last week was quieter after the Federal Reserve meeting and the most recent jobs report. Markets resumed their upward march as the narrative of two to three rate cuts in 2024 was resuscitated. After a soft first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP)…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/28/24 – 5/4/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: April 28 – May 4, 2024 Fed stays put Expectations for a rate cut going into last week’s Federal Reserve meeting were practically zero. Markets were anxious to see what Chairman Jerome Powell’s post-meeting tone would be in light of continuingly stubborn and sticky inflation numbers. We are…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/21/24 – 4/27/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: April 21-27, 2024 April showers continue After a strong start to the week, markets took another tumble as first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) decelerated much more steeply than anticipated on Thursday. The Dow was down over 700 points at one point and the S&P 500 was down over…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/14/24 – 4/20/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: April 14-20, 2024 It was a bad month last week The market’s pain continued last week, as Federal Reserve speakers doused hopes of coming rate cuts in the face of persistent inflation and continued strength for the economy and jobs. Adding to market misery was the anticipation of…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/7/24 – 4/13/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: April 7-13, 2024 Inflation accelerates, jobs stay strong and rate cut expectations implode Markets had a rough week as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) readings didn’t show signs of slowing inflation. Instead, inflation has crept slowly back up after dropping to 3.0% in…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 3/31/24 – 4/6/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: March 31 – April 6, 2024 Markets pull back slightly from record highs After hitting record highs in late March, markets pulled back a bit last week. Stocks moved lower after the March Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing reading came in higher than expected and indicated slight…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 3/24/24 – 3/30/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: March 24-30, 2024 Best quarter in five years for U.S. stocks The first quarter of 2024 will go down as the best quarter for U.S. stocks since 2019. When the smoke cleared, the S&P 500 was up over 10%, the Nasdaq gained 9% and the Dow was up…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/26/24 – 6/1/24
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: May 26 – June 1, 2024 Weaker than expected Last week was all about economic weakness. We saw it on two fronts: the revised first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) number and several bond auctions. Although last week was a short one thanks to the Memorial Day holiday, there…