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...
by William Hepburn | Oct 27, 2023 | Miscellaneous
When I was released from the army in 1974, I had been assigned to the Command Operations Center – the War Room – for US Army Alaska. We made war plans, executed war games, and analyzed their outcomes. One thing I learned during that period, is that regardless...
by William Hepburn | Sep 29, 2023 | Miscellaneous
The economy today in China has many similarities to what happened some years back in Japan. After WWII, Japan’s manufacturing methods were more modern and proving superior to the US in many ways. Japan was so successful that they were buying up iconic properties...
by William Hepburn | Aug 25, 2023 | Miscellaneous
I don’t normally make or even follow predictions because doing so anchors one’s mind to that expectation. If the stock market goes in a different direction than what was predicted, there can be a strong psychological pull on me to make wrong decisions. With that...
