by Marketing | Nov 21, 2025 | Market Notes, Media Notes
Treasuries Climb After Mixed Labor Data Keep Rate-Cut Bets Alive
by Brian Jacobs | Jun 27, 2025 | Blog, Investment Concepts
In a prior post, Fixed Income: Coupon is King, we explored the long-term return profile of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Agg”). One of the more surprising takeaways was just how modest the Agg’s outperformance has been relative to...
by Aptus PM Team | Apr 11, 2025 | Blog, Bonds
CPI Update: Softer Than Feared The latest inflation report showed that consumer prices cooled more than expected. The CPI fell -0.1% in March, the first monthly decline since May 2020. The median forecast expected the CPI to rise 0.1% in March. YoY, consumer prices...
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 | Oct 25, 2023 | Blog, Bonds
Probable Fed Pause in November Fed Chair Powell’s commentary last week pointed to the relentless rise in longer-dated Treasury yields that was creating an environment of tighter financial conditions. This should help do some of the Fed’s work and allow them to...
