by JD Gardner | Jun 5, 2023 | Market Updates
Stroke Play or Match Play For any non-golfers out there, match play is hole-by-hole scoring. Meaning, you play to win each hole individually. Your score from the prior hole is irrelevant to the next. In stroke play, it’s the cumulative total. Each hole...
by JD Gardner | May 3, 2023 | Market Updates
I’m starting with this chart because it matters: Source: TS Lombard as of March 2023 What you are looking at is the rolling 10-year correlation between stocks and bonds. Correlation is a measure of the relationship or connection between two things. In...
by Aptus PM Team | Apr 4, 2023 | Market Updates, Most Read
(Click above for the full update) This is our biggie each quarter, pages of charts and the context to go with them. As always, we think the windshield view is far more relevant than the rearview. But it’s through the rearview that we get a sense of the path...
by JD Gardner | Apr 4, 2023 | Market Updates
Decisions are easier to make if conviction of outcome is high, and/or the tradeoff profile is attractive enough. Even if (you think) you know the outcome of an event, if the tradeoff profile is poor then what? Let’s use a real-time example: Given that it’s the NCAA...
by Matt McGowan | Mar 20, 2023 | Market Updates
Over the past week, headlines have been dominated by news of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse along with the failures of Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank of NY. The FDIC has stepped in to take control of assets for both Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank...
by JD Gardner | Mar 7, 2023 | Market Updates
This month’s note is a carryover from last month’s, where we highlighted the rise of the “set it and forget it” portfolio over the last couple of decades, and the potential issues we see with that mentality. These portfolios are dependent on bonds working. By...
