by David Wagner | Nov 7, 2024 | Blog, Market Updates
It’s over. But, in a way…it has only just begun. Election Superlatives: 9 out of the past 10 elections, the results have yielded a situation where power flipped parties. This has been the highest level of political regime volatility since the Civil War....
by Aptus PM Team | Dec 21, 2023 | Market Updates
Who Is John Galt? In 1957, Ayn Rand, an anti-statist public intellectual, wrote her magnum opus – Atlas Shrugged. The best-selling dystopian novel depicted a United States devastated by excessive taxation and government regulation. At its core, Ayn Rand’s main...
by David Wagner | Aug 25, 2023 | Blog, Macro Updates
We’ve been fielding a few questions as to why higher rates have seemingly had no collateral damage on the economy except for a few banking failures back in March. Let’s hit on a few talking points. The data on the investment side of the economy tells a story of strong...
by Aptus PM Team | Aug 2, 2023 | Rebalance Rationales
The first half of 2023 was wild, and far from most expectations. Risk assets sold off during the Silicon Valley Bank collapse in March, then rose just as quickly. Through its resolution, and onto the First Republic collapse and fears of the Debt Ceiling debate, a...
by John Luke Tyner | Jul 5, 2023 | Blog, Bonds
QT Slowly Eating Away Liquidity Even with the spike in the Fed’s Balance sheet following the SIVB (Silicon Valley Bank) collapse, QT is still quietly going on in the background. The Fed has stayed course in their communication of the importance of shrinking...
