by David Wagner | Feb 28, 2025 | Blog, Market Updates
Hope that everyone has been enjoying some warmer weather this past week. It was a tough winter; the U.S. has been experiencing its coldest winter in ~15 years and amongst the coldest in over 100 years across large swaths of the country, while the Flu season is likely...
by Aptus PM Team | Jan 10, 2025 | Blog, Charts
Our team looks at a lot of research throughout the day. Here are a handful that we think are contributing to investor activity , from rate expectations to growth drivers to government spending and comparisons of foreign markets to ours. Enjoy! John Luke: As everyone...
by David Wagner | Nov 27, 2024 | Blog, Market Updates
Given the breadth of questions that I’ve received on President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks I thought I’d start with some commentary. In my opinion, the market is not political. It doesn’t care about political views and rhetoric, suggested...
by Brian Jacobs | Nov 13, 2024 | Blog, Investment Concepts
In a recent post, Selling Puts as a Form of Risk Management, we explored using volatility indicators like the VIX to inform portfolio decisions. Building on that, this guide examines how VIX futures can provide insights into market sentiment and help make tactical...
by David Wagner | Nov 1, 2024 | Blog, Market Updates
Both the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 marked their last major correction low roughly one year ago (10/27/2023) with each now in the top decile of their historical 12-month price momentum. Yet, small cap stocks have underperformed their larger cap brethren during this...
