by Gould Asset Management | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Donald Gould The question below was posed to Don Gould through Investopedia’s Advisor Insights program. Investopedia.com is a leading provider of online financial educational content and their Advisor Insights program allows investors to post questions to top...
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...
by Gould Asset Management | Jan 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Donald Gould We enter 2018 on the heels of a strong 2017 for stock markets worldwide. The S&P 500’s 21.8% return is well above the 12.1% average annual return for the index[1]. Foreign markets did better still, with the MSCI EAFE (foreign developed markets) up...
by Gould Asset Management | Oct 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
by The Gould Asset Management Team Note: This post is an excerpt from Gould Asset Management’s Economic and Market Review for the Third Quarter of 2017. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. US Economy Marches Forward at Measured Pace;...
by Gould Asset Management | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
by The Gould Asset Management Team Note: This post is an excerpt from Gould Asset Management’s Economic and Market Review for the Second Quarter of 2017. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. US Stocks Move Steadily Higher, Show Little...
by Gould Asset Management | Apr 17, 2017 | 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 2017. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. US Enters 2017 on Positive Note Overall, the US...
