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October

Per Stirling Capital Outlook – October

Election Day is fast approaching, and there seems to be a growing consensus that the presidential election, in particular, could be the most important of our respective lifetimes.  There is certainly some justification for this perspective as, unlike most previous U.S. presidential elections, which have traditionally offered a choice between slightly left-of-center and slightly right-of-center, […]

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September

Per Stirling Capital Outlook – September

One of our Directors recently had the distinction of serving on a panel at the 2024 Titan Investors Active Exchange, where the panel addressed macroeconomic “Mega Trends”, such as AI (artificial intelligence), the transition and build-out of the energy grid to accommodate the anticipated surge in demand, and the “reshoring” of the global supply chain.  […]

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August

Per Stirling Capital Outlook – August

  Perfect Balance Aristotle described it as the “Golden Mean”; Goldilocks described it as “not too hot and not too cold” and, if asked, the Federal Reserve would likely describe it as the perfect equilibrium between employment and inflation.  These two factors are arguably opposite sides of the same coin, as a strong economy is […]

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July

Per Stirling Capital Outlook – July

“While such narrow markets can persist for extended periods, there are times (perhaps like the present) when the extent of both the poor market breadth and the vast outperformance of the leading stocks reach potentially unsustainable extremes…we suspect that it will result in some significant change in the markets, whether it be a change in […]

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June

Per Stirling Capital Outlook – June

There is an old Wall Street expression that “bulls make money, bears make money and pigs get slaughtered”.  Indeed, there are many animal-based analogies that are used to describe markets, investors and even investment styles, including “whales”, “sheep”, “lemmings” and even “herd mentalities”, just as examples. For our part, we posit that the current domestic […]

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May

Per Stirling Capital Outlook – May

  There is an old expression that “keeping your money in cash guarantees your ability to grow poor safely”. That is not to suggest that people should not keep enough money in cash or cash-like alternatives, including bank savings accounts, mutual fund money markets, T-bills, and C.D.s, to pay for all short and many intermediate-term […]