by David Wagner | Jul 5, 2022 | Blog, Market Updates
Developments Over the Past Month The U.S. Officially Entered into a Bear Market: The S&P 500 has officially entered a bear market, marking the 27th bear market since 1929 (20%+ peak-to-trough decline without a 20% rally). Historically, bear markets have...
by David Wagner | Jun 29, 2022 | Equity Case Studies, Equity Research, Research Reports
It’s been quite some time since we highlighted a single stock in our Aptus Compounders sleeve. To be quite honest, it makes complete sense given the level of market uncertainty here. We know that volatility creates opportunities – especially in the equity world, as...
by David Wagner | Jun 16, 2022 | Blog, Macro Updates
Obviously, yesterday’s news regarding the market was all about the Fed. Just a few weeks ago, it seemed very unrealistic that the market would get a 75bp hike in June. Yet, due to Friday’s CPI report and a “mysterious” WSJ article on Monday, it created an environment...
by David Wagner | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog, Market Reviews
The returns witnessed by investors over the past few years have been an outlier. Entering the year, the 3-year annualized return for the S&P 500 was ~25% with the U.S. Barclays Agg. returning ~5%. In an environment where one has had strong returns, it makes one...
by David Wagner | Jun 6, 2022 | Blog, Market Reviews
Developments over the Past Month: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves: Markets wrapped up a volatile month of May exactly where it began. We started May at 4,131 on the S&P and ended May at 4132. Along the way we had 9 of the 21 trading days see 2%...
