Weekly Commentaries
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights 8/21/22 – 8/27/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: August 21 – August 27 No pause in sight Markets eagerly awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments at last week’s Fed symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, anticipating a definitive announcement on the direction or magnitude of upcoming rate hikes. The equity markets were hoping…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights 8/14/22 – 8/20/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: August 14 – August 20 Keeping us in the game Markets were slowed quite a bit last week following the Federal Reserve’s release of minutes from its last meeting. There wasn’t anything super discouraging in them — but there also wasn’t anything overly encouraging either.…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights 8/7/22 – 8/13/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: August 7 – August 13 Inflation cools, markets take off Both the consumer price index (CPI) and producer price index (PPI), which measure inflation, came in lower last week. Meanwhile, markets have been on a run after hitting recent lows in mid-June, boosted by the…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 7/30/22 – 8/6/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: July 30 – Aug. 6 July jobs come in super-hot We had a really strong July in the markets overall, even though the economy contracted for a second straight quarter, signaling it was in a recession. The second quarter of 2022 was an ugly one,…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 7/24/22 – 7/30/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: July 24 – 30 It’s official — U.S. economy is in a recession Much has been made about the condition of our economy. After growing nearly 7% in the fourth quarter of 2021, first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) for 2022 showed a contraction of 1.6%.…
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…
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 8/28/22 – 9/3/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Aug. 28 – Sept. 3 Markets continue downward slide Jobs reports reinforce Fed’s interest rate stance After Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole on Aug. 26 sent markets sharply lower, the selling continued last week with the S&P 500 dropping below 4,000.…