by Aptus PM Team | May 27, 2022 | Blog, Charts, Market Updates
Our team looks at a lot of research throughout each day. A few charts that caught our eye this week, and why: 1) JL: hard to believe Fed Funds rate is still only 1% given the CPI backdrop, real yields are quite negative Source: Bianco Research as of 5/25/2022...
by Aptus PM Team | May 26, 2022 | Blog, Bonds
Municipal bonds have been thrown out with the bathwater since the beginning of the year as the Fed gets serious about taming inflation and in turn the market pushing interest rates higher. The decline in price (and increase in yield) could make the current landscape...
by Aptus PM Team | May 24, 2022 | Rebalance Rationales
Aptus Compounder Update: The Aptus Compounder Stock Sleeve is designed to give equity exposure to a group of individual stocks that we think offer attractive prospects through a combination of yield, growth, quality, and reasonable valuations relative to large cap...
by Aptus PM Team | May 20, 2022 | Blog, Bonds, Market Updates
* Fed Expected to Hike 50bps at Next Two Meetings. As you can see below, the odds on both are at 100%. Given the persistence of inflation, the Fed has been put into defensive mode (i.e., forcefully tightening policy) even into a growth slowdown. Source: Bianco...
by Aptus PM Team | May 13, 2022 | Blog, Macro Updates
Strong demand for housing may give some flashbacks to 2007/2008, but this is not necessarily a bubble. We believe the work-from-home has shifted the demand fundamentals of real estate. New millennial home buyers are facing the highest interest rates in their adult...
