Aptus Musings: Q1 2025 Earnings Preview

I’ve had a lot of inbound calls regarding the markets over the past few weeks, so I’d like to start with some historical perspective. As our quarterly newsletter stated, future market returns will always be an unsolved mystery. But what would a recession...

Rearview to Windshield, April 2025

Market Recap – March 2025: The first quarter delivered a classic third-year bull market correction, falling 10% from its highs before rebounding and finishing only –4.28% in the quarter. The recent sell-off has been centered around three prevailing culprits: momentum...
Own the Risk, Hedge the Tail

Own the Risk, Hedge the Tail

The volume of uncertainty has been turned up. The S&P 500 closed the quarter -4.28% after dropping 10% from the highs in mid-February. As Dave points out in our Q1 2025 newsletter, the most likely culprits are: Capital flows Expectations for slower growth Policy...

March 2025 in Stocks: Beyond the Headlines

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...