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...
by David Wagner | Oct 23, 2024 | Blog, Market Updates
We’ve continued to speak to the fact that the market is witnessing a “right tail” event, as the S&P 500 is +40%+ since the recent market bottom of 10/27/2023. Yet, right tails occur more than you think. If you zoom out to a rolling 10YR...
by Aptus PM Team | Oct 11, 2024 | Blog, Charts
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: The past few years have seen a change in the leading contributors to inflation, first goods and now...
