by William Hepburn | Apr 26, 2024 | Miscellaneous
Make Money with Postage! Talk about inflation! The U.S. Postal Service’s proposed new price for first class stamps starting in July is 73 cents. That’s up 8% from the stamp’s current price of 68 cents and 32% more than the 2020 price of 55 cents. If you want to...
by William Hepburn | Mar 29, 2024 | Miscellaneous
Ray Dalio is a hedge fund manager that I really appreciate for his Zen-like ability to cut through the noise of the marketplace and make his decision making so clear. The following are excerpts from his recent paper on how he determines if we are in a stock market...
by William Hepburn | Feb 23, 2024 | Miscellaneous
I’m sure you’ve noticed how different the countryside looks when flying over it in an airplane, so we are going to take a look at the financial markets from a similar perspective to see what we can glean. This first chart shows the S&P 500 Index over past 30...
by William Hepburn | Jan 26, 2024 | Miscellaneous
My usual January comment is that I don’t like to make predictions about the financial markets. Psychologically, one tends to get anchored to a prediction they make, and if the markets behave differently, that anchor becomes a pull toward making poor investment...
by William Hepburn | Dec 29, 2023 | Miscellaneous
There are many positives in the stock markets right now. The third year of the presidential election cycle, which is normally the strongest of the four years between elections, delivered good returns as expected. We are in the colder months of the year which are often...
by William Hepburn | Nov 24, 2023 | Miscellaneous
The stock market had a nice rally recently, but we are still in a bear market, and although I don’t want to throw a wet blanket on the gains from the recent rally, I do want to talk about the potential for a continuation of the bear market and possibly even a stock...
