Weekly Commentaries
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/8/22 – 5/14/22
View PDF Version Inflation remains stubbornly high while markets sink No real relief from inflation There was a lot of anticipation that last week’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) readings for April would yield some encouragement on the inflation front. Although the CPI deviated slightly downward from March’s 8.5% reading, it’s…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/1-5/7/22
View PDF Version Markets move wildly as Fed makes announcement about rates The Fed makes its move and markets react Last Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised rates by 50 basis points (.50%), its biggest hike in 22 years. The Fed had already raised rates for the first time since 2018 at its March meeting, moving…
AE Wealth Management: Market Minute Blog | 5/5/22
Markets jump one day – and plummet the next On Wednesday, May 4, the Federal Reserve raised rates by 50 basis points (.50%), its biggest hike in 22 years. The Fed had raised rates for the first time since 2018 at its March meeting, moving the Fed funds rate from 0.0 to 0.25%. The latest…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/24-4/30/22
VIEW PDF VERSION GDP shrinks and markets drop as earnings disappoint Same story, different week The major domestic equity indexes all dropped last week for the fourth consecutive week of losses. In all, markets dropped 8.8% in April. The S&P 500 moved further into correction territory, down roughly 14% from its recent peak, while both…
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…
AE 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…
AE 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…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/3-4/9/22
VIEW PDF VERSION The market starts to ponder higher rates Last week, markets were jarred by comments from Lael Brainard, one of the Federal Reserve’s most dovish members, who said the Fed needed to move more aggressively in unwinding its balance sheet to combat inflation. The release of the Fed’s minutes from its March meetings…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 3/27-4/2/22
VIEW PDF VERSION Markets are at a crossroads With the first quarter of 2022 in the books, here’s the report card: Jobs appear plentiful, while consumers seem to be losing confidence and steam. Inflation is still with us, and the Federal Reserve is raising rates as the economy decelerates. Plus, we still have the Russia-Ukraine…
AE Wealth Management: Market Minute Blog | 5/19/22
Download printable version here Markets knocked out by one-two punch from retailers and Fed It’s been another week of “up one day and down the next” for U.S. markets. In a major about-face following a 437-point rally on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,160 points on Wednesday in its worst trading day in…