AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary November 17, 2014 “Is all this stock market optimism a red flag?” Contrarians – investors who bet against prevailing market trends – were probably nodding along as they read that headline in The Wall Street Journal back on January 18, 2013. The Journal cited the American Association of Individual Investor’s […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary November 10, 2014 You’re familiar with the word melt. Ice cream melts. Snow melts. You may have seen someone melt down (or have done it yourself). Right now, markets may be experiencing a melt-up, according to Barron’s. Melt-up is a counterintuitive term which describes a sharp, emotion-driven improvement in market performance. […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary November 3, 2014 The Markets Are central banks throwing a progressive party? You know, the kind of party where folks travel from house to house feasting and drinking and enjoying the proffered hospitality. For years pundits have speculated about what will happen to the U.S. stock market party […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary October 27, 2014 The Markets After a week that left investors wondering what’s next – much like fishermen on a lake as the wind kicks up and the water gets choppy – the wind settled and the fish started biting. U.S. stock markets posted their best weekly returns […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary October 20, 2014 The Markets It’s a little early for Halloween, but markets sure got spooked last week. After a 21-month ride to mid-September highs, stock markets jolted and shook investors last week like the most dramatic and scream-inducing rollercoaster at an amusement park’s fright night. Barron’s described […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary October 13, 2014 The Markets Keep Calm and Carry On. The slogan comes from a United Kingdom Ministry of Information propaganda poster designed to boost morale if the United Kingdom was invaded during World War II. Despite its current popularity, the poster was never distributed. The slogan […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary October 6, 2014 The Markets “Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!” During the third quarter of 2014, U.S. investors remained as optimistic as the narrator in Langston Hughes’ poem, Life Is Fine. All major U.S. indices pushed higher during the quarter despite mixed economic signals, […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary September 29, 2014 The Markets Last week offered some lessons in career management, economics, and investor impulse, among other things. Derek Jeter, the well-loved Yankees shortstop, finished the final home game of his career by smacking a game-winning hit. Throughout his last season, ticket prices for Yankees games […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary September 22, 2014 The Markets About 25 years ago, Peter Jennings interrupted General Hospital to tell the nation Coca-Cola had decided to bring back its original recipe. The nation was thrilled and sales soared. The Federal Reserve’s impending rate hike is about as popular as the New […]