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Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC

03/22/2022

Ameriprise Global Market Strategist Anthony Saglimbene shares his insights on last week’s rally and the Fed’s announcement to raise interest rates.

03/21/2022 Anthony Saglimbene The S&P 500® Index climbed +6.2% last week, posting its best weekly performance since November 2020. Some market participants chalked up the strong stock gains simply to seller’s exhaustion, following two straight weeks of declines and a year, so far, filled with hei...

03/15/2022

"This is the time to pull the lens out, focus on longer-term fundamentals (which remain positive), and let your properly diversified portfolio do its job."

03/14/2022 Anthony Saglimbene Stocks across the world continued their slide lower last week. Ongoing geopolitical frictions caused by the Russia/Ukraine war and rising inflation pressures kept stocks on the defensive. Concerns that economic and corporate profit growth could slow more meaningfully th...

03/08/2022

Ameriprise Global Market Strategist Anthony Saglimbene shares considerations to keep in mind as the developments in Ukraine continue to unfold.

03/08/2022 Anthony Saglimbene Investors continue to struggle with discounting fast-moving developments surrounding Russia’s war on Ukraine and the still undetermined impacts that Western sanctions placed on Russia will have on the global economy over time. The Dow Jones Industrials Average closed ...

03/01/2022

Ameriprise Global Market Strategist Anthony Saglimbene shares his insights on what actions investors should consider in this current market environment.

02/28/2022 Anthony Saglimbene The S&P 500 Index (+0.8%) and NASDAQ Composite (+1.1%) finished higher last week, snapping a two-week losing streak. The Dow Jones Industrials Average finished the week essentially flat. Real Estate (+2.8%), Health Care (+2.7%) and Utilities (+2.0%) outperformed the S&P...

02/15/2022

Ameriprise Chief Market Strategist David Joy discusses inflation’s continued impact on the markets amid January’s higher-than-expected CPI increase.

02/14/2022 David Joy Inflation continued to be the story for capital markets last week. The January Consumer Price Index exceeded expectations for a 7.3 percent increase, instead rising 7.5 percent. The core rate, excluding energy and food costs, also rose more than the expected 5.9 percent, climbin...

02/08/2022

Ameriprise Chief Market Strategist David Joy discusses the stock gains and jump in bond yields after the unexpectedly strong January jobs report.

02/07/2022 David Joy The blowout January jobs report came as a big surprise and sent bond yields soaring. With evidence that the Omicron variant had slowed economic activity recently, and following a 301,000 decline in the January ADP employment report, expectations for job gains in the January Labo...

02/01/2022

Amid strong Q4 earnings, Ameriprise Chief Market Strategist David Joy discusses the mix of investor news as the Fed calls for higher interest rates.

01/31/2022 The S&P 500® index enjoyed its first positive week of the new year, and it took a powerful rally in its largest constituent on Friday to make it happen. Apple surged by 7 percent on Friday after reporting stronger than expected earnings, leading to a 2.4 percent overall gain in the index...

01/24/2022

Rough going for the major U.S. stock indexes. Ameriprise Chief Market Strategist David Joy discusses the confluence of factors adding pressure.

01/24/2022 David Joy The year-to-date selloff in equities accelerated last week, piercing significant technical milestones in the process. The S&P 500® index shed 5.7 percent, its worst weekly decline since March, 2020. In the process, the index fell through both its 100- and 200-day moving average...

01/19/2022

A lackluster start for Q4 earnings. Ameriprise Chief Market Strategist David Joy discusses bank earnings and Omicron implications for inflation, oil.

01/18/2022 David Joy It turns out that December wasn’t a very good month for the U.S. economy. The combination of the Omicron variant and higher inflation conspired to keep activity subdued. Retail sales suffered a far larger decline than anticipated, dropping 1.9 percent. And industrial productio...

01/11/2022

Ameriprise Chief Market Strategist David Joy discusses interest rate impacts on stock sectors, bond yields and economic implications of Omicron.

01/10/2022 David Joy The ongoing bond market adjustment to the threat of tighter monetary policy accelerated last week, as yields jumped at the start of trading in the new year. The expectation of higher rates was reinforced during the week, first by the minutes of the Fed’s December meeting, foll...

01/04/2022

Stocks ended 2021 with strength. Ameriprise Chief Market Strategist David Joy discusses returns among global equities, emerging markets and bonds.

01/03/2022 David Joy Stocks ended the year in a show of strength, establishing a new record weekly close, one day after setting a record daily close. Last week, the S&P 500® index rose 0.9 percent, and for the month of December rose 4.4 percent. For the full year, the S&P 500® index surged higher ...

12/21/2021

The Fed tapers faster as COVID-19 presents more uncertainty for global economies. Ameriprise Chief Market Strategist David Joy discusses implications.

12/20/2021 David Joy The Federal Reserve continued its policy evolution toward a less accommodative stance last week. Beginning in September, the Fed first indicated its intention to slow the pace of its bond buying program. That was followed in November by the decision to commence so-called taperin...

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