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...
by Gould Asset Management | Aug 2, 2022 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould Stocks worldwide have declined steadily from their all-time highs reached at the start of 2022. The benchmark S&P 500 US stock index recently exceeded the 20% decline from peak that (arbitrarily) defines a bear market. Adding to investor woes, bonds...
by Gould Asset Management | May 7, 2022 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould Since December, US long-term interest rates have marched steadily upward, the result of a strong economy and Federal Reserve monetary tightening to combat inflation. As a result, bond prices fell in the first quarter of 2022. Rising market interest rates...
by Gould Asset Management | Dec 10, 2021 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Don Gould Last week in Part One of this two-part series, I focused on how to increase the tax benefit of your charitable donations, enabling you to give more to charity at the same net cost. In this Part Two, I will review three other strategies for tax-smart...
