Aptus Q2 2024 Newsletter

Aptus Q2 2024 Newsletter

There Have Been More Ladders than Chutes this Year   The children’s game, Chutes and Ladders, originated in ancient India by Buddhists to teach children that the path to righteousness was difficult and riddled with temptation. In its original form, called...

Rearview to Windshield, July 2024

June ‘24 Market Recap – Let the Good Times Roll: The S&P 500 had its 32nd all-time high this year during the month – ending June slightly off the potential for a 33rd. That is 32 all-time highs out of 125 trading days or 1 ATH every 4 trading days. This year has...

The Market in Pictures, June 28

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout each day. A few charts that caught our eye this week, and the way they fit the unfolding puzzle of evidence: Brian: The story of US economic strength has been the growing wealth of the consumer   Source: Aptus via...

The Market in Pictures, June 21

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout each day. A few charts that caught our eye this week, and the way they fit the unfolding puzzle of evidence: Dave: Bigger stocks have been rewarded with higher valuations     Brad: and the dominance of the...

The Market in Pictures, June 14

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout each day. A few charts that caught our eye this week, and the way they fit the unfolding puzzle of evidence: John Luke: FOMC members have very little confidence in their inflation outlooks   Source: FOMC as of...