by don.gould | Mar 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
by Don Gould and Derek Baldwin, CFA Ahead of the March FOMC meeting, many observers were looking for more guidance on the likely timing of the Fed’s first rate hike. Shortly after the Fed’s March press release, financial headlines focused on removal of the word...
by don.gould | Oct 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Don Gould In the latest partisan skirmish among our Washington legislators, we find the US government in partial shutdown. Added to that, the government has reached its legal borrowing limit (the so-called “debt ceiling”), and the Department of the Treasury says it...
by don.gould | Jul 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Don Gould The City of Detroit, burdened by huge financial obligations it cannot meet, declared bankruptcy yesterday. This was no surprise—the city’s industrial base and population have been shrinking for decades. Still, for investors, it’s a reminder that lending...
by don.gould | Jul 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Don Gould Note: This post is an excerpt from Gould Asset Management’s Economic and Market Review for the Second Quarter of 2013, the entirety of which can be found here. We’ve reprinted it here for the benefit of our blog subscribers. The run-up in...
by don.gould | Jun 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Don Gould One of the market’s periodic storms washed ashore in earnest last week, with both stocks and bonds tumbling together. Actually, bond prices began their downtrend around May 1, while stocks followed suit about three weeks later. Both stocks and bonds...
