Weekly Commentaries
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/11/25 – 5/17/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: May 11-17, 2025 Market wipes out 2025 losses And just like that, the market is right back to where it was at the start of the year. All it took was the news of a tariff suspension for China for 90 days and that a broader deal will…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/4/25 – 5/10/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: May 4-10, 2025 Fed says we can afford to wait The Federal Reserve’s May meeting concluded last Wednesday but brought us no clarity about what to expect for the future direction of interest rates. What we got, instead, was one big fat “we’ll see” and unchanged rates.1 The…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/27/25 – 5/3/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: April 27 – May 3, 2025 Halfway to recession? After a lot of handwringing and hypothesizing, we finally got the advance reading of first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP).1 At one point a few weeks ago, the Atlanta Fed was predicting a -2.5% reading — a stunning reversal from…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/20/25 – 4/26/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: April 20-26, 2025 You’re fired. (Not!) Volatility continues to reign in the markets. As last week started, President Trump renewed his very public criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Predictably, the markets panicked, and we had a fresh round of selling. At one point last Monday, the…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/13/25 – 4/19/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: April 13-19, 2025 Powell stirs the pot Last week was a short one for traders as markets were closed for Good Friday. Markets seemed to have settled into a range as we awaited more news on tariffs, but the week didn’t bring any more “world series of tariffs”…
AE Wealth Management: Market Minute — Fed comments push markets down
Fed comments push markets down What should have been a quiet week for investors (at least from a data perspective) has turned out to be anything but as markets moved down on Wednesday. The primary party pooper this time is Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who addressed the Economic Club of Chicago early Wednesday. “Tariffs…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 4/6/25 – 4/12/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: April 6-12, 2025 Tariff battle evolves The market volatility continued last week but began to take shape as a showdown between the U.S. and China instead of the U.S. against the entire world.1 There was a false report on Monday that the administration was considering a 90-day pause…
AE Wealth Management: Market Minute — Market whiplash
Market whiplash If the markets have you feeling a bit discombobulated, you’re not alone. After a rotten few days were capped by one of the best daily market performances ever on Wednesday, markets reversed course on Thursday and moved downward once again.1 Several things are causing the latest market gyrations. Bond yields continue to climb…
AE Wealth Management: Market Minute — Markets soar as tariff pause provides relief
Markets soar as tariff pause provides relief After days of market turbulence, U.S. equities roared back to life on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 climbing 9.52% and the Nasdaq surging 12.16%.1 The catalyst? A 90-day pause on new tariffs announced by the Trump administration, providing relief to markets concerned about escalating trade tensions.2 The pause…
AE Wealth Management: Weekly Market Insights | 5/18/25 – 5/24/25
Weekly Market Commentary THE WEEK IN REVIEW: May 18-24, 2025 Market focuses on reconciliation bill For the first time in some time, markets weren’t focused on tariffs last week — at least until Friday. Most of the week was consumed with discussions of the tax package, which made its way through the House and is…