by David Wagner | May 8, 2026 | Blog, Market Updates
IPO investors are high-fiving right now with 2026 shaping up to be a record year for public offerings. We’ve fielded a lot of questions in regard to the SpaceX IPO, so I thought we’d write a Musing on it. Source: Strategas as of 5.4.26 The...
by David Wagner | Nov 28, 2025 | Blog, Market Updates
Happy Thanksgiving! At the Wagner household, Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 20′ masterpiece, Alice’s Restaurant, is viewed as a Thanksgiving fan favorite, likely because I’m the only one living in the household. Enjoy. Much like in my beloved Bengals’...
by David Wagner | Nov 14, 2025 | Blog, Market Updates
Bye weeks are huge. The Cincinnati Bengals had a bye week this past weekend; their defense needed it, our tailgate needed it, and I needed it. But, one of the biggest questions coming out of last week is simply if the Supreme Court is going to say “bye”,...
by David Wagner | Oct 9, 2025 | Blog, Market Updates
Before I start, I’ve continued to receive a lot of questions regarding the U.S. v. International debate. One of the main rules of Wall Street is that attitude follows performance… and performance abroad has been quite good lately. Our team...
by David Wagner | Sep 5, 2025 | Market Updates
We’re going to do a new style of the Aptus Musings today; it’s going to be a bit more educational. I had a conversation a few weeks ago with a friend and realized that I needed to know more about this topic: Stablecoins. It has been a hot topic lately for...