The Market in Pictures, November 7

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout the day. Here are a handful that we think are good summations of investor activity, from an amazing run for low quality/high beta stocks, to the government shutdown, to earnings and inflation, and more on AI spending....
Aptus 3 Pointers, October 2025

Aptus 3 Pointers, October 2025

Given the popularity of our weekly Market in Pictures, we started the habit of picking out a few and going into more detail with our PMs. In this edition, John Luke and Dave spend a few minutes on each of the following:   October Performance Fiscal Stimulus FOMC...

The Market in Pictures, October 31

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout the day. Here are a handful that we think are good summations of investor activity, from an amazing run in stocks to those left behind, to the FOMC and inflation, and housing. Happy Halloween!   Brian: Maybe it’s...

FOMC Hedges a Bit

As expected, the Fed lowered the federal funds target rate 25bps on Wednesday to a range of 3.75% to 4.00%, the second consecutive rate reduction this year and now marking a total of 50bps in cuts so far in 2025 and 150bps since September of last year.   Source:...

The Market in Pictures, October 24

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout the day. Here are a handful that we think are good summations of investor activity, from strength expanding to earnings dominance, US-China competition, and implications of easy money. Have a great weekend!  ...