Weekly Commentaries
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 3/9/25 – 3/15/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: March 9-15, 2025 Correction time Less than one month after hitting a new record high earlier in the first quarter, the S&P 500 entered correction territory last week.1 It has noted four consecutive weeks of negative returns, along with the Nasdaq and Russell 2000.2,3 The Dow has also…
AE Wealth Management: Market Minute 3/10/25 — Markets drop amid concerns around tariffs, consumer confidence, DOGE actions and a possible government shutdown
March hasn’t been good for markets. Since hitting an all-time high of 6,144 on Feb. 19, the S&P 500 slid to around the 5,600 mark on Monday.1 The Dow and NASDAQ have also experienced a significant sell-off in that timeframe.2,3 The initial reason for the downward slide was President Donald Trump following through on tariffs…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 3/2/25 – 3/8/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: March 2-8, 2025 Tariff tantrums Remember the market’s “taper tantrum” back in 2013?1 There’s a lesson here from our not-too-distant history. After investors learned the Federal Reserve was slowly putting the brakes on its quantitative easing (QE) program, the markets freaked out. The primary concern was that the…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 2/23/25 – 3/1/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: February 23, 2025 – March 1, 2025 Markets continue to stumble Last week was rough as markets fixated on negative news. The markets swooned as the administration announced tariffs would be imposed on Canada, Mexico and China on March 4, after it was determined not enough progress was…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 2/16/25 – 2/22/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Feb. 16-22, 2025 Markets post new records but retreat sharply to end week With markets closed last Monday for Presidents Day, the tug-of-war between tariffs and inflation versus earnings took a break as calm returned to the market in the first half of the week. We saw record…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 2/9/25 – 2/15/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Feb. 9-15, 2025 Inflation worries to join tariffs as a source of concern — it’s more than just eggs! In the past few weeks, there has been a tug-of-war between fears of what tariffs may do to the U.S. economy’s growth prospects versus strong fourth-quarter 2024 earnings. Both…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 2/2/25 – 2/8/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Feb. 2-8, 2025 Tariff turbulence As promised during the campaign, President Trump announced tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico.1 The move was meant to pressure the countries to help with the border (in the case of Mexico and Canada) and stop the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 1/26/25 – 2/1/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Jan. 26 – Feb. 1, 2025 DeepSeek and China rattle markets The AI narrative suffered a bit of a shock last week, but markets recovered as the week progressed. What was all the hubbub about? A one-year-old start-up Chinese company most of us have never heard of, DeepSeek,…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 1/19/25 – 1/25/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: January 19-25, 2025 Was it something he said? Markets continued their advance last week after being closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday on Monday — the same day that the new Trump administration assumed office in Washington, D.C. As soon as markets opened on Tuesday,…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 3/16/25 – 3/22/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: March 16-22, 2025 Market slide stops for now The market stopped its decline last week after briefly entering correction territory. There was no additional major news on tariffs, which had been the major reason given for the decline. Markets were looking for a reason to sell off based…