by peter.losh | Oct 15, 2021 | 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 2021. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. US Expansion Robust, Delta Variant Likely...
by peter.losh | Sep 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Many thanks to those who joined us Monday, September 20th, 2021 for Don Gould’s live webinar on upcoming potential tax law changes and how to prepare. Don touched upon quite a few areas where tax changes are currently being proposed. These included: Corporate...
by peter.losh | Aug 20, 2021 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould From an early age we are admonished, “don’t keep all your eggs in one basket,” especially where investments are concerned. A diversified investment portfolio holds many assets rather than just one or a few, greatly reducing the chances that all your eggs...
by peter.losh | Jul 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
A Robust and Bumpy Rebound The US economy continued its sharp rebound last quarter as the pandemic receded. June payrolls alone showed a nearly one million gain in the number employed, meaning the economy has recovered about three-fourths of the jobs lost in the...
by peter.losh | Jul 21, 2021 | 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 2021. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. Stocks Set New Highs as Vaccination Rates...
by peter.losh | May 28, 2021 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould In this two-part article, I suggest that if you could only watch one economic indicator, it should be the interest rate on the 10-year US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS for short. The TIPS bond pays a return that is indexed to inflation....
by peter.losh | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould The media bombards us daily with economic and financial statistics. Housing starts were up. Jobless claims were down. Consumer confidence is fluctuating. The purchasing managers index was flat. And so on. It’s enough to make your head spin. But there is a...
by peter.losh | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
What a difference a year makes. A year ago, the onset of the Covid pandemic left us staring at an abyss of unknown length and depth. Major parts of the world economy were shuttered, with no end in sight. Stock markets plunged in February and March 2020 and the federal...
by peter.losh | Apr 15, 2021 | 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 2021. The excerpt is posted here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. US Economy Gaining Momentum The US economy...
by peter.losh | Mar 30, 2021 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould I remember as a 10-year-old the wonder of my first passbook savings account. It was with a savings & loan (S&L), a bank-like company that focused on home mortgages. The savings account paid a 5.25% interest rate. Every time I visited the S&L...
