by David Wagner | Sep 26, 2022 | Blog, Macro Updates
Many of y’all have heard my D + G spiel regarding the S&P 500’s P/E compressing from 21.5x (Dec ’21) to 16x currently, all while the risk premium has actually tightened. In other words, the cheapening of the P/E simply reflects the reality of higher real interest...
by David Wagner | Sep 5, 2022 | Equity Case Studies, Equity Research, Research Reports
With this Aptus Musing focusing on the stock of the month, I thought I’d review the stock that has the least amount of U.S. exposure in our Compounders Portfolio – NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA). See the compliance approved Case Study here. But, before we start our dive on...
by David Wagner | Sep 5, 2022 | Blog, Market Updates
Developments Over the Past Month As the summer comes to a close, it’s worth looking back to Memorial Day for perspective. Equities have been largely flattish and extremely volatile since late May, credit spreads have been flattish, bond yields have trended...
by David Wagner | Aug 18, 2022 | Blog, Macro Updates
For the first time in a while, we have something to discuss coming out of Washington D.C. On Tuesday, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”), which should be termed the Build Back Smaller Act, as the package is a slimmed down version of...
by David Wagner | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, Macro Updates
Simply put, most market pundits were probably too pessimistic on the future earnings picture in the U.S. – at least for this quarter. I believe that corporate earnings surprised a lot of people – there was broad-based strength in the Mega-Caps, the most cyclical areas...
