by David Wagner | Nov 16, 2022 | Blog, Market Updates
The Cincinnati Bengals had a BYE this week, so I thought that I would do some reflecting not only on their first ten games, but over my last two musings – earnings and the mid-term elections. For the former, unlike the Bengals expectations at the beginning of the...
by David Wagner | Dec 3, 2021 | Blog, Market Reviews
Developments over the Past Month Monthly Recap: November tends to be a seasonally strong month but turned out to be much more volatile than expected, especially during the holiday-shortened week. First, the market had to digest the introduction of the Omicron...
by David Wagner | Nov 2, 2021 | Market Updates
Developments over the Past Month: Monthly Recap: The path of least resistance has been higher in recent weeks, but there are a lot of moving pieces for the market to deal with. 1) Earnings were very strong, but margins continue to be a focus by the market. 2)...
by David Wagner | Oct 5, 2021 | Market Updates
Developments over the Past Month: Recap: After successfully testing it’s 50-day moving average nine times so far in 2021, the S&P 500 finally broke below this threshold in September and has tested the 100-day moving average now twice. As of month end, in...
by Aptus PM Team | Sep 29, 2020 | Market Updates
Election years have always had a funny impact on the markets, every little piece of news (and noise) is capable of sending the indexes up or down – and sometimes, up and down – violently. Even more acute is the impact election year dynamics have on investors’...