HOW WE BEGAN

Gary Gordon grew up just outside White Plains, New York. His grandfather and great-grandfather, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, lost most of their savings during the Stock Market Crash of 1929. They never fully recovered during the Great Depression.

In October 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 22.6% in a single day. Gary was living and working in Taiwan at the time and witnessed the bursting of a global financial bubble firsthand. This experience motivated him to learn more about his family’s hardships in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

After completing his MS degree at San Diego State University in the early 1990s, Gary began working for a large multinational insurance company in Hong Kong. He observed questionable business practices designed to inflate stock prices, which convinced him that market busts were as inevitable as booms.

Upon returning to the U.S., Gary joined a financial firm that offered newsletter guidance and investment management services. By 1998, he had become the co-host (a.k.a. the “G-Man”) of a national financial talk radio show.

On the show, Gary warned listeners that stock prices in 2000 exhibited the classic signs of a bubble. As a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), he encouraged them to adopt the same unemotional strategies he used for his own investments.

Between 2000 and 2002, the dot-com bubble burst, devastating Nasdaq-heavy stock portfolios. Many investors lost 75% to 80% of their money. In contrast, Gary’s radio show listeners and e-list subscribers thanked him for his timely warnings about the stock bubble.

Gary founded Pacific Park Financial, Inc. in 2002. His mission: to grow Pacific Park portfolios while minimizing the risks of stock market disasters.