by David Wagner | Mar 20, 2025 | Blog, Market Updates
Congrats on making it to the best part of the year – March Madness and The Masters. As many readers know, we say that D R S K was the fund that built Aptus. Well, in fact, it was a bunch of former college and professional basketball players that built Aptus: JD...
by John Luke Tyner | Mar 11, 2025 | Blog, Market Updates
Given the recent market volatility, we wanted to share some thoughts on the evolving landscape and provide some opinions on what it means for volatility and markets. There is a lot of noise between Trump policy, DOGE, inflation, and monetary policy that is creating...
by David Wagner | Mar 4, 2025 | Blog, Market Updates
During the month, it felt as if the animal spirits coming out of the election had finally been disrupted by what is perceived to be a certain hyperactivity in Washington when it came to tariffs and, in my opinion, to a lesser extent, the implications of the...
by David Wagner | Feb 28, 2025 | Blog, Market Updates
Hope that everyone has been enjoying some warmer weather this past week. It was a tough winter; the U.S. has been experiencing its coldest winter in ~15 years and amongst the coldest in over 100 years across large swaths of the country, while the Flu season is likely...
by David Wagner | Feb 7, 2025 | Blog, Market Updates
We’re one month down, with 11 months to go and let me tell you, there was a lot to digest in January. Week 1: Rates moving off of a hard landing narrative due to a strong Non-Farm Payrolls (“NFP”); Week 2: Goldilocks Vibe (lighter-than-expected CPI);...
by David Wagner | Feb 5, 2025 | Blog, Market Updates
Market Recap – January 2025: It was a very interesting month, as the market navigated a slew of headlines that, at first glance, seemed to be potential negative game changers for the market. 1) Threat of tariffs, and 2) Ramifications of DeepSeek. Yet, the market...
