Please join us for our May 14, 2025 AAII Columbus Chapter In Person Meeting at MCL Cafeteria and Bakery located at 3154 Kingsdale Center, Upper Arlington, OH 43221 from 6:30pm ET to 8:00pm ET. Our meeting focus for this month will be Edson Gould. Please arrive early, enjoy some dinner, our presentation will begin promptly at 6:30pm.
Presentation Title: Edson Gould-Creator of the single most powerful indicator of stock market direction
Edson Gould has been called the dean of technical analysis and the most accurate forecaster ever
but he, and his methods, have gone by the wayside–just like the concepts of Charles Dow and his
Theory. Gould’s “Senti-meter,” calculated on the Dow Industrials dividends, and Dow’s concepts and
theory, create a great set of indicators for and investor to use for a successful investment program.
Gould was the first to suggest that fundamentals and monetary conditions alone couldn’t explain
stock market behavior
Key Takeaways:
1.Find out what his most important discovery to comprehending the stock market
2. Learn about his three steps and stumble rule
3.Learn about Gould’s “Senti-meter” to measure investor psychology
4.Learn about his “Gould Standard”
Doug Smith Presenter Bio:
Douglas C. Smith spent 25 years in the investment industry. He is the author of A Path to Wealth.
He is the president of the Douglas C. Smith Company, LLC and editor of the The1804House.com, his financial, history and educational website. Smith has been a student of the market, financial history and human nature for over 50 years. He is past president of the Central Ohio chapter of Better Investing and for over 20 years has been the president of the AAII Central Ohio chapter.