by Samantha Sisson | Jul 9, 2026 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Donald Gould In 1976, Roger Ibbotson and Rex Sinquefield, former classmates at the University of Chicago, published their seminal work, “Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation: Year-by-Year Historical Returns (1926–1974).” Their study, nicknamed SBBI, was the...
by Rami Taha | Mar 6, 2026 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Donald Gould If you love trains, you understand the big difference between knowing a train is due soon and actually seeing the massive engine rounding the bend. For months or even years, artificial intelligence experts have told us to prepare for the arrival of an...
by Rami Taha | Jan 13, 2026 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Donald Gould How about this for a New Year’s resolution: don’t let anyone steal your money. Simple as it sounds, avoiding financial scams gets more challenging by the day. Our electronic financial lives create a bonanza of opportunity for bad actors to separate us...
by Rami Taha | Sep 19, 2025 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Donald Gould Almost from his first days in office, President Trump has been lobbying for lower interest rates. This has taken the form of the president’s consistent criticism of Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell for not lowering rates further, even musing...
by Rami Taha | May 21, 2025 | Uncategorized, Claremont Courier
by Donald Gould This is the third 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. Perhaps the most important trait an investor can have is humility, a lesson I’ve been...
by Rami Taha | 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...