Sun Feb 16, 2020
The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review is a recap of news, commentary, and opinion from our team.
These are not revised assessments, and circumstances may have changed in the market from the time of original publication. We also include older commentaries that our editors have determined may be of interest to our audience. Your feedback is always welcome.
CUMBERLAND ADVISORS' WEEKLY RECAP
As part of Cumberland Advisors' continuous effort to maintain strong customer relationships, we offer this week's short video discussing current market conditions and how we are positioning portfolios.
This week we feature a quick recap on equities and John Mousseau gives us an analysis on bonds:
-Busy Day!
- Bloomberg's Mike McKee joined us at our annual event, Understanding Global Markets and Finance - Fourth Annual Financial Literacy Day, and we're sharing his interview with Loretta Mester, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (see below)
-Matt says equities had a little softness. We had 1-2% range in equity markets this week.
-With new accounts, we're only putting a portion of money to work, we're looking for better risk-reward conditions
-John was on a bond panel today with Jay Bryson of Wells Fargo, look for that panel video next week
-John thinks we're seeing money park in the safety of treasuries over coronavirus worries - he explains
-Happy Valentines Day!
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Market Commentary
Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary – Virus Death Count
Author: David R. Kotok, Post Date: February 14, 2020
Markets were dealt a surprise on February 12, when changes to the way coronavirus cases in Hubei Province are counted resulted in a dramatic surge in the number of new cases reported in China (“Coronavirus: Hubei Province reports spike in new confirmed cases and deaths after change in diagnostic criteria,” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3050354/coronavirus-hubei-province-reports-sharp-spike-new-confirmed). For epidemiologists and for [Continued…]
Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary – The Virus and Cruise Ships
Author: David R. Kotok, Post Date: February 12, 2020
Virus news continues to erupt worldwide and financial markets seem divided, with bonds saying lower interest rates for longer, slower global growth, and a downward inflation outlook. Stock markets, on the other hand, like the low interest rates more than they fear the virus. The headline stock index changes masks the industry-specific impacts. The stock [Continued…]
Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary – Wuhan, Hubei, Beijing, Washington: Case Studies in Gov’t Failure under Viral Conditions
Author: David R. Kotok, Post Date: February 11, 2020
Let’s summarize the Wuhan, Hubei, Beijing cover-up and aftermath: October and November – flu-like symptoms, sickness and deaths attributed to flu. December – whistleblower doctor joins other doctors in alerting colleagues of novel coronavirus. Whistle-blower and other doctors punished by China government and silenced. China later attributes source of virus to seafood market (this is now believed to [Continued…]
Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary – The Fed — What Next?
Author: Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D., Post Date: February 10, 2020
With the no-change decision by the FOMC, rendered as the impeachment finale was playing out, and with the next FOMC meeting about a month away, the most important upcoming event for the Fed is Chairman Powell’s semiannual testimony before Congress this week. The Board’s report is already out, and it provides a fairly clear indication [Continued…]
In the News...
Bloomberg – Fed Leaves Main Rate Unchanged, Saying Policy Is Appropriate – Kotok (Radio)
Quoted: David R. Kotok | Posted on: 02/07/2020 
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Cumberland’s Kotok Bullish on Stocks But Says Virus Could Be Game Changer
Quoted: David R. Kotok | Posted on: 02/06/2020 read more
This Stock Market Surge Could Have a Ridiculously Surprising Catalyst
Quoted: David R. Kotok | Posted on: 02/05/2020 read more
Goldilocks Is Back, With a Face Mask On. Bears Beware
Quoted: David R. Kotok | Posted on: 02/04/2020 read more
Morning Money – 2020 finally gets real
Quoted: David R. Kotok | Posted on: 02/03/2020 read more
Bracing for Bernie: Why Sanders could be a nightmare for Wall Street
Quoted: David R. Kotok | Posted on: 02/03/2020 read more
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