Aptus 2023 Halftime Report

Aptus 2023 Halftime Report

As we hit the halfway point in the year, investors remain on edge given recessionary worries, persistent inflation, and a slowdown in growth. Yet, we continue to see leadership in markets driving us into the 11th best start to the year for the S&P since 1928 (as...
Aptus Q1 2023 Newsletter

Aptus Q1 2023 Newsletter

The S&P 500 Was Up This Quarter? Surely You Can’t Be Serious. I am, and Don’t Call Me Shirley.   Airplane! is a comedy  that does not conform to any known standard of parody. In fact, the movie is far from the likes of comedies today that are so hung up on...

The Fed Getting Squeezed

*  Fed Expected to Hike 50bps at Next Two Meetings. As you can see below, the odds on both are at 100%. Given the persistence of inflation, the Fed has been put into defensive mode (i.e., forcefully tightening policy) even into a growth slowdown. Source: Bianco...

The Affordability Problem in Housing

Strong demand for housing may give some flashbacks to 2007/2008, but this is not necessarily a bubble. We believe the work-from-home has shifted the demand fundamentals of real estate. New millennial home buyers are facing the highest interest rates in their adult...