Aptus Musings: Q4 2025 Earnings Preview

The pace of change these days, whether it’s technology or geopolitics, is absolutely stunning: Maduro, Greenland, Venezuela, Lisa Cook, Powell, etc. The factors, the stocks, the sectors, are moving at warp speed under the S&P 500. In a nutshell, financial assets...

Rearview to Windshield, January 2026

Market Recap December 2025: U.S. and global equities posted solid full-year gains in 2025, but the ride was much choppier than the headline returns suggest, with multiple 5–10% pullbacks clustered around policy and geopolitical shocks. Large-cap U.S. growth and tech...
Aptus Q4 2025 Newsletter: What About the Dufrenes?

Aptus Market Outlook: Be an 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 as a part-time Wall Street Vice President while being a full-time serial killer. American Psycho is a...

Rearview to Windshield, December 2025

Market Recap November 2025: November wrapped up with a choppy, but ultimately modest month for U.S. equities, as a late-month rally helped the S&P 500 claw back from an early-November slide and finish roughly flat to slightly positive on a total-return basis....