by Gould Asset Management | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould Note: Before I write about money and investments in the context of the COVID-19, I want to be clear that the illness is first and foremost a health and humanitarian concern and only secondarily a financial one. As important an asset as money may be,...
by Gould Asset Management | Mar 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Global stock prices continued to gyrate wildly, and mostly downward, this week as markets adjust to a steady stream of new developments in the unfolding crisis surrounding COVID-19. Today’s more than 9% US stock market decline was its biggest one-day drop since...
by Gould Asset Management | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
A mere nine days ago on February 19, 2020, the S&P 500 (the leading US stock market index) reached an all-time high. Since then the index has dropped about 13%, which qualifies as a “correction” (a 10% drop) and is two-thirds of the way to bear market territory (a...
by Gould Asset Management | Feb 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
World stock and bond markets have paid intermittent attention to the emergent coronavirus over the last several weeks. But with weekend news suggesting its spread well beyond China, the virus has grabbed the market’s full attention this...
by Gould Asset Management | Jan 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
A year ago, markets entered 2019 on high alert amid signs of economic slowing and fears of imminent recession. Following a near bear market at the end of 2018, it seemed as though that old Bette Davis line from All About Eve might apply: “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s...
