by David Wagner | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog, Market Updates
February ‘23 Market Recap: The January rally suddenly looks distant as equities closed lower for the month, finishing down 5.0% from their early February peak. This has been a confluence of technicals, bond yield increases due to uncomfortably strong economic data in...
by David Wagner | Feb 2, 2023 | Blog, Market Updates
January ‘23 Market Recap: The “January Effect” was in full order this past month. The worst performing sectors in 2022 led last month: Consumer Discretionary (+15%) and Communication Services (+14%). Meanwhile, defensive Utilities (-2%) and Staples (-1%) were the only...
by David Wagner | Jan 3, 2023 | Blog, Market Updates
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...
by Aptus PM Team | Dec 19, 2022 | Blog, Market Updates
The Necessity to Focus on What Matters – One of the most influential things that we’ve all learned is that short-term events rarely matter. In the moment, they will feel like they do, but they simply will not add value over longer periods of time. This...
by David Wagner | Dec 5, 2022 | Blog, Market Updates
November 2022 Market Recap: The S&P 500 bounce in November (+5.4%) occurred as the US yield curve inverted further as the 10 year treasury yields rallied. This is the second straight month of strong gains, as October returned +8.1%. It feels as if the market is...
by David Wagner | Nov 16, 2022 | Blog, Market Updates
The Cincinnati Bengals had a BYE this week, so I thought that I would do some reflecting not only on their first ten games, but over my last two musings – earnings and the mid-term elections. For the former, unlike the Bengals expectations at the beginning of the...
