This is the first article by Katie Darden in a two-part series about Camp Kotok, a yearly gathering of economists and financial professionals organized by Cumberland Advisors Chairman and Chief Investment Officer David Kotok. Click here to read the second part.

Camp Kotok's horizons extend far beyond the woods of Maine and the borders of the United States, but achieving a truly international perspective remains a challenge.

Every summer, David Kotok invites economists, money managers, other financial professionals and members of the financial media for a long weekend of lively debate and fishing at Leen's Lodge in rural Maine. Kotok leads Sarasota, Fla.-based Cumberland Advisors Inc.

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