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 […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary September 15, 2014 The Markets If you’re familiar with fairy tales, you’ve probably encountered a story or two that involves the granting of wishes. Usually, these are cautionary tales. Well, there was some wishing going on around the globe last week and, if the wishes come true, […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary September 8, 2014 The Markets It’s déjà vu all over again! Last year, pundits and analysts tried to discern when the Federal Reserve might begin to end quantitative easing by reading economic tea leaves. For months, bad economic news proved to be good news for stock markets. […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary September 1, 2014 The Markets There is no substitute for mental preparedness. Just ask any professional athlete or Navy SEAL. One essential aspect of metal preparation is situational awareness – being able to identify, process, and understand what is happening around you at any given time. That’s […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary August 25, 2014 The Markets What do Harry S. Truman and Hindu goddesses have in common? Both were invoked to describe Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium last week. In her opening comments, Yellen confirmed the economy had improved and […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary August 18, 2014 The Markets If you have young children or grandchildren, you may have read “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” by Judith Viorst. Well, that’s what last week was like on the European continent from an economic perspective. Hopes of economic […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary August 11, 2014 The Markets During the dog days of summer, a triple dip – three melting scoops of frozen goodness perched precariously on a waffle cone – can be delicious. There are other kinds of triple dips that are a lot less welcome, though. Just look […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary July 28, 2014 The Markets Anchors aweigh! Put thoughts of the Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly movie aside. If the Naval Academy fight song is playing in your head, tune it out. The anchors being raised here are setting adrift perceptions that government bonds are always low risk […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary July 21, 2014 The Markets Events of the last week could have been plot elements in a Tom Clancy novel. Tragically, they were real and ratcheted geopolitical tensions higher around the globe. On Wednesday, the United States toughened sanctions against Russia. Bloomberg.com reported the new sanctions prevent […]