Aptus Musings: Q3 2022 Earnings Preview

When someone says, “It’s football season”, Kentuckians, in their own dialect, instantaneously translate that to “Keeneland is about to open”. Even more exciting this year, the racetrack will be getting an extra weekend of fun with the ’22 Breeders Cup being raced the...
Q3 2022: A Market in Constant Sorrow

Q3 2022: A Market in Constant Sorrow

“O Muse!, Sing in me, and through me, tell the story, Of that skilled investor, in all ways of contending, An asset allocation, searching for alpha years on end…” -Invocation of Muse   An Invocation of Muse serves as a prologue of events to come, famously used by...

Rearview to Windshield, October 2022

Developments Over the Past Month   Can you Hear the Fed Now? September 2022 Market Recap: At the end of September, the Fed removed any remaining doubt about its commitment to getting inflation under control. As a result, both bonds and stocks sold off sharply....

Aptus Musings: Volatility Breeds Volatility

Many of y’all have heard my D + G spiel regarding the S&P 500’s P/E compressing from 21.5x (Dec ’21) to 16x currently, all while the risk premium has actually tightened. In other words, the cheapening of the P/E simply reflects the reality of higher real interest...