by William Hepburn | Apr 25, 2025 | Miscellaneous
The first thing to do while investing in the stock market (whether through mutual funds, ETFs or individual stocks), is to understand the current market environment. Then you must be able to adapt to those market conditions. I believe we are currently seeing a bear...
by William Hepburn | Mar 28, 2025 | Miscellaneous
In 2023 and 2024, there was much talk of an impending economic recession in the financial media. Most of it was just hot air, in my opinion. The most widely used indicator of future economic activity is still the US Treasury Bond market, but there are many ways to...
by William Hepburn | Feb 28, 2025 | Miscellaneous
A year or so ago when I was down in “The Valley,” as we highlanders call the Phoenix metro area, I saw several Waymo driverless taxis and said to myself, “I want to try that.” I was in Scottsdale recently and was surprised at the number of Waymo cars I saw. They were...
by William Hepburn | Jan 31, 2025 | Miscellaneous
Tech guru Kim Kommando runs one of my favorite newsletters, chock full of the kind of tech tips we all can use. She recently wrote about how far TikTok reaches into the lives of those who use it, which is most young folks today. (Not me!) At the core of the issue is...
by William Hepburn | Dec 27, 2024 | Miscellaneous
Mutual Funds & ETFs The Refinitiv Lipper database gives the median turnover of a US mutual fund as 39%, implying a holding period of just 2.5 years. (source link) This suggests an average holding period of around 2.5 years. Clearly investors are waking up and...
by William Hepburn | Nov 29, 2024 | Miscellaneous
AI is all the rage these days, but some of us have an aversion to learning curves, and the older I get, the more that pertains to me. I had played around with AI a few times asking simple questions, but never really got my mind wrapped around it. So, I decided to do a...
