by Aptus PM Team | Apr 1, 2024 | Market Updates
Our favorite fund manager David Dredge made a return visit to the Macro Hive podcast, and again it was a joy to hear him discuss better ways to pursue compounding wealth. Two years ago we wrote Protect and Participate to share our common thinking about the investment...
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 | Sep 6, 2022 | Market Updates
Two Choices Let’s assume there’s only two potential investment options. For this exercise we’ll define risk as volatility in return stream, and exposure to large drawdowns…meaning it could be a wild ride where the drag of a volatility tax could come into play:...
by JD Gardner | Jun 6, 2022 | Market Updates
Let’s talk about the last couple weeks in the market and what we are doing about it. Not to provide homework, but if you haven’t read the following links, please do. The positioning of portfolios and the thoughts about our positioning will be much more effective....
by Derek Hernquist | Feb 8, 2022 | Market Updates
“Risk isn’t what you think is going to happen, it’s what hurts if it does happen.” David Dredge, Convex Strategies Reading and listening to David Dredge has been a joy; it’s a great thing to see how a practitioner can...