by Gould Asset Management | Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Donald Gould After a remarkably calm 2017, stock markets turned volatile in the first quarter of 2018. To give just one example, the S&P 500 US large cap stock index had a daily move of more than 1% on 23 occasions in the first quarter (37% of trading days),...
by Gould Asset Management | Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
by The Gould Asset Management Team Note: This post is an excerpt from Gould Asset Management’s Economic and Market Review for the First Quarter of 2018. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. US Economy Strides into the New Year Driven by...
by Gould Asset Management | Feb 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
by The Gould Asset Management Team Stock markets worldwide took a sharp drop today. The S&P 500 fell 4% on the heels of a similar-sized decline last week, erasing 2018’s gains entirely. We are back where we were on New Year’s Eve. It was the worst single-day...
by Gould Asset Management | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
by The Gould Asset Management Team Note: This post is an excerpt from Gould Asset Management’s Economic and Market Review for the Fourth Quarter of 2017. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. US Stocks Surge Higher as Tax Reform Passes,...
by Gould Asset Management | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Donald Gould The crypto craze hit full bore in the fourth quarter, headlined by Bitcoin and several other digital currencies that boasted astounding returns in 2017 (Bitcoin returned a tidy 13,277% last year). The Bitcoin boom has all the hallmarks of a bubble. To...
