Weekly Commentaries
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 7/18/22 – 7/24/22
View PDF Version AE Wealth Management: THE WEEK IN REVIEW: July 18 – July 24 What do we have here? An up week for markets! Stocks had a strong showing last week. It may sound strange, but traders appeared to welcome signs of a slowing economy and fading inflationary pressures. Weekly jobless claims came in…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 7/10/22 – 7/16/22
View PDF Version THE WEEK IN REVIEW: July 10 – July 16 And the hits just keep on comin’ Consumer price index (CPI) and producer price index (PPI) numbers for June were released last week — and the data’s not pretty. CPI came in at a new 40-year record high of 9.1%, 50 basis points…
AE 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…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 7/4 – 7/10
View PDF Version THE WEEK IN REVIEW: July 4 – July 10 Markets post a strong week on hopes Fed will ease The markets were going strong last week, buoyed by hopes that concerns over a slowing economy would be the catalyst for the Federal Reserve to back off raising rates. In case you haven’t…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 6/26 – 7/2/22
View PDF Version THE WEEK IN REVIEW: June 26– July 2 One step forward, two steps back for markets After locking in solid gains the previous week, markets headed the wrong direction last week over increased worries the Federal Reserve’s inflation battle would push the U.S. into a recession. The concern spiked after Fed Chair…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 6/19/22 – 6/25/22
View PDF Version THE WEEK IN REVIEW: June 19 – June 25 Finally! A positive week for markets After finishing down in the past 10 of 11 weeks, markets finally showed signs of life last week. A sharp rally helped boost the S&P 500 out of bear market territory, while the Dow added more than…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 6/12/22 – 6/18/22
View PDF Version THE WEEK IN REVIEW: June 12 – June 18 The Fed disappoints – again The markets had another rough week, but the news last week was all about the Federal Reserve meeting. After the red-hot Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) readings, it was leaked the Fed would move…
AE 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…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 6/5/22 – 6/11/22
View PDF Version THE WEEK IN REVIEW: June 5 – June 11 Inflation gets worse The Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed back to 8.6% after dipping to 8.3% in May, setting a new 40-year high. (The previous recent high was 8.5% in March.) So much for peaking inflation; it seems we’re heading in the wrong…
AE 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…