Weekly Commentaries
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 Blog | 6/13/22
Download printable version here Inflation soars, markets drop What a way to start the week. The Dow dropped 725 points in the first four hours of trading on Monday morning, continuing the slide that started on Friday after the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in at a sizzling 8.6% annualized rate. Market watchers and…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/29/22 – 6/4/22
View PDF Version Strong jobs report leaves Fed with no reason to pause its plans When strong jobs growth is bad for markets There are plenty of open jobs — but job growth is slowing. Last Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) situation showed that job growth is still there. We added 390,000 new jobs…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/22/22 – 5/28/22
View PDF Version Markets end their 8-week losing streak Is the losing over for markets? After nearly two months of down weeks, the S&P 500 and the Dow rallied last week, just managing to avoid bear territory. Two solid days of gains helped markets recoup some of the losses, but both indices remain…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/15/22 – 5/21/22
View PDF Version Markets drop for the 8th consecutive week Entering the lair o’ the bear Although earnings season is ending, there were some pretty prominent firms reporting last week that concerned the markets. Home Depot posted some solid earnings, leading to the only decent day last week. But the Home Depot report was bookended…
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…
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: 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…