by David Wagner | Dec 5, 2023 | Equity Case Studies, Equity Research
In today’s report, we’ll be covering Chemed Corporation (“CHE”) – in our opinion, one of the last, great remaining publicly traded conglomerate companies. Conglomerates were in vogue for the majority of the 20th century. They came about because most of the mergers in...
by Aptus PM Team | Nov 10, 2023 | 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: Brad: Q3 earnings results ran ahead of estimates by a wide margin Source: Strategas as of...
by Aptus PM Team | Nov 9, 2023 | Blog, Bonds
Last week brought a substantial rally in bonds following a brutal three-month span of higher rates. There are a couple of reasons we can point to for the move lower in rates: The US Treasury cut back slightly on the amount of long-term bonds it’s planning to auction,...
by Aptus PM Team | Nov 7, 2023 | Market Updates
In our recent piece Enhancing Your (Portfolio) Engine, we walked through our logic: Own more stocks, in a risk-neutral way Embrace beta to capture the ups Use volatility to mitigate the downs We think the math behind that combo is a great recipe for successful client...
by Aptus PM Team | Nov 3, 2023 | 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: Dave: With earnings mostly flat, changing valuations and seasonality have driven a good bit of this...