by Rami Taha | Jan 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
by Donald Gould More than 11 years ago, in October 2007, the mother of all storms hit financial markets, cresting in the fall of 2008 with many large financial institutions teetering after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. After substantial government intervention, the...
by Rami Taha | Jan 16, 2019 | 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 2018. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. US Stocks Tumble Toward Bear Market Territory,...
by Rami Taha | Oct 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Donald Gould The US stock market set a torrid pace in the third quarter, with the S&P 500 turning in a 7.7% return, its best quarter in four years. The quarter puts an exclamation point on a remarkable 9-year stretch for US equities. In contrast, foreign...
by Rami Taha | Oct 15, 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 Third Quarter of 2018. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. US Economy Surges Ahead Despite Lackluster...
by Rami Taha | Aug 30, 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 Rami Taha | Aug 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
by The Gould Asset Management Team The guilty plea Tuesday by President Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the near simultaneous felony convictions of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort have unquestionably increased both the political and legal risks...
by Rami Taha | Jul 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
by Donald Gould We’re Not in Kansas Anymore The second quarter brought further confirmation that we are facing a very different investment landscape than a year ago. In 2017, the market climbed month after month, with almost no volatility along the way. In contrast,...
by Rami Taha | Jul 10, 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 Second Quarter of 2018. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. US Stocks Move into Positive Territory for...
by Rami Taha | 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 Rami Taha | 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),...