by Aptus PM Team | Apr 22, 2022 | Blog, Bonds, Market Updates
* Why Are Yields Rising: Rising yields are a consequence of falling bond prices, which occurs when investors sell bonds. This is an obvious point, but it’s important to realize that yields aren’t rising by themselves—they are only rising because investors are...
by Aptus PM Team | Apr 13, 2022 | Blog, Macro Updates
U.S. consumer prices rose in March by the most since late 1981. The consumer price index increased 8.5% (2.2% of the headline number can be attributed to energy) from a year earlier following a 7.9% annual gain in February. The month over month inflation gauge rose...
by Aptus PM Team | Apr 13, 2022 | Market Updates
This is our biggie each quarter, pages of charts and the context to go with them. As always, we think the windshield view is far more relevant than the rearview. But it’s through the rearview that we get a sense of the path traveled to this point, helping to set...
by Aptus PM Team | Apr 8, 2022 | Blog, Bonds
* Bonds… The Rough Stretch Continues: The Bloomberg US Aggregate Index continues the largest drawdown in its history. Since August 6th, 2020 – the end of the most recent bull market in bonds – the index has declined by -9.2%. Even after the drawdown,...
by Aptus PM Team | Mar 29, 2022 | Blog, Bonds, Macro Updates
The spread between the 10-year Treasury and the 2-year Treasury has compressed materially over the first three months of 2022 (~80bps of tightening), and inverted yesterday for a brief moment. The 10/2 spread is currently sitting at 5bps this morning vs. 80bps on...
