by Gould Asset Management | Nov 22, 2024 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould This is the second in a three-part series of reflections on changes in the investment industry in the 25 years since I started Gould Asset Management in Claremont. In part one of this series, I described how core investment products such as mutual funds...
by Gould Asset Management | Sep 28, 2024 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould Twenty-five years ago, I started Gould Asset Management in a small office above what was then Goldstein Optometry, on the east side of Indian Hill Boulevard between First and Second streets. The occasion of our silver anniversary prompted me to reflect on...
by Gould Asset Management | Mar 22, 2024 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould On March 20, the Dodgers open their 2024 campaign in Seoul, South Korea against the San Diego Padres. The game’s location is part of the effort by Major League Baseball (MLB) to build international interest in baseball. Fittingly, the game will feature...
by Gould Asset Management | Sep 1, 2023 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould Savers rejoice! Short-term interest rates, such as those on U.S. Treasury bills, recently breached the 5% level after sitting near zero for nine of the past 14 years. Cash is no longer trash; “financial repression” — that is, central banks keeping rates...
by Gould Asset Management | May 8, 2023 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don GouldIn the 1946 film classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” community banker George Bailey (played by Jimmy Stewart) is besieged by depositors demanding their money after the despised Mr. Potter spurs a run on the bank for his own gain. George says to the anxious...
by Gould Asset Management | Mar 18, 2023 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould For weeks, the news media has been warning of an impending crisis if the two houses of Congress and the president are unable to reach agreement on raising the debt ceiling. Let’s look at what’s going on here and whether you should be losing sleep. In this...
