Aptus Musings: Q4 2022 Earnings Preview

It’s showtime baby! As many of y’all are aware, Q4 earnings season tends to be a bit longer than the others, as it takes a little while longer for companies to close the books on their year-end. We expect earnings to take the center stage going forward, where...

Aptus Musings: The Debt Ceiling

Unfortunately, we are about to talk politics – let’s rip the band aid off and dive in. The U.S. just hit its debt limit.   Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane   Essentially, the political environment in D.C. in ’11 is much like today – Dem. President / Dem....
Q4 2022: American Psycho

Q4 2022: American Psycho

As one of the most searing dissections of 1980s yuppie culture, American Psycho has become a movie with a cult following, as it depicts Patrick Bateman’s journey of a part-time Wall Street brokerwith a full-time serial killer. American Psycho is complex film. By the...

Aptus Musings: The Beginning of ’23

Stocks have rallied to start 2023 and the biggest reason for the early gains is that investors are interpreting further declines in inflation, slowing economic growth, and less-hawkish Fed rhetoric as increasing the chances for an economic “soft landing.” For...

Rearview to Windshield, January 2023

December 2022 Market Recap: There was no “Santa Claus” rally in December – more of a “Santa Snooze” – as the market traded effectively sideways the last 2 weeks to finish the year at ~3840 on the S&P 500, near the midpoint of the ~3500-4200 range we have...