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 […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary July 7, 2014 The Markets Happy birthday, United States of America! U.S. stock markets gave Americans plenty of reason to celebrate over the Fourth of July weekend. The Dow Jones Industrials Average earned ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’ from investors and pundits as it shot above 17,000 last week […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary July 14, 2014 The Markets Germany may have clobbered Brazil in the World Cup quarterfinals last week, earning a chance to become the first European team to win the event in Latin America, but things back home in Europe weren't quite so rosy. First, a sizeable Portuguese […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary June 30, 2014 The Markets Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce delivered news that was about as welcome as a report of a great white shark sighting off a popular beach during the Fourth of July holiday. The Commerce Department’s third revision of its estimate for […]
AMJ Financial Wealth Management Weekly Market Commentary June 23, 2014 The Markets The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) press release wasn't quite as catchy as España Cañí — the Spanish song played to rile crowds at events as varied as baseball games and bullfights — but it helped motivate investors as they pushed American stock markets […]