Around the Bond Market, November 2025

Fewer Cuts?   The Fed funds futures market now shows a 48% chance of a December rate cut, down from 100% on the day of the October Fed meeting. We saw a Bloomberg News headline that read, “Fed Policy in Doubt with Kashkari on the Fence”. However, in December, it is...

The Market in Pictures, November 14

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout the day. Here are a handful that we think are good summations of investor activity, from earnings vs. the economy, inflation expectations, economic contributors and detractors, and the challenges of owning quality stocks...

Aptus Musings: Furloughing the Tariffs

Bye weeks are huge. The Cincinnati Bengals had a bye week this past weekend; their defense needed it, our tailgate needed it, and I needed it. But, one of the biggest questions coming out of last week is simply if the Supreme Court is going to say “bye”,...

The Market in Pictures, November 7

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout the day. Here are a handful that we think are good summations of investor activity, from an amazing run for low quality/high beta stocks, to the government shutdown, to earnings and inflation, and more on AI spending....