AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary December 15, 2014 It was no fun to be an investor last week. The week prior, a commentary in The Wall Street Journal’s blog, MoneyBeat, offered this insight: “Falling oil prices are thought to be good for stocks because they stimulate consumer spending and hold down inflation. The lower costs […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary December 8, 2014 In the United States, it was more of the same ole, same ole... The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor’s 500 closed at record highs for the exceeded expectations. For the 10th That’s the longest string of improvements since 1994, according to Reuters. Not only did […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary November 24, 2014 Pioneer. Trendsetter. Trailblazer. Whatever term you decide to use, there’s no debate about the fact central banks around the world are taking a page or two from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s playbook. The Fed may have ended quantitative easing (QE) – its program of buying government bonds to […]
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 […]