by Aptus PM Team | May 5, 2025 | Market Updates
Given the popularity of our weekly Market in Pictures, we started the habit of picking out a few and going into more detail with our PMs. In this edition, John Luke and Dave spend a few minutes on each of the following: Historic April Consumer Debt Metrics...
by JD Gardner | May 5, 2025 | Market Updates
No matter your time horizon, higher ending values of an investment portfolio are a good thing. That’s usually the goal. Invested wealth grows through time. It’s our job to help deliver solutions that recognize risk tolerance/capacity constraints and provide a return...
by JD Gardner | Apr 3, 2025 | Market Updates
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...
by Aptus PM Team | Apr 1, 2025 | Appearances, Market Updates
In this Outlook, the Aptus Investment Team discussed: The rotation of trades of Q1 Policy, expectations from the White House, Treasury, and FOMC The state of corporate earnings Portfolio considerations to maximize client outcomes For our expanded...
by David Wagner | Apr 1, 2025 | Market Updates
Predicting the stock market will forever be an unsolved mystery. Investors can make decisions based on the facts at hand, yet none of them can have full certainty in the actual future market direction. And, if they do, we hope that they have a parachute on hand for...
by Marketing | Mar 4, 2025 | Market Updates
Given the popularity of our weekly Market in Pictures, we started the habit of picking out a few and going into more detail with our PMs. In this edition, John Luke and Dave spend a few minutes on each of the following: A Wild February Growth Worries?...
