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 […]
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 […]