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  • Deficits & Lame Duck POTUS
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun March 24, 2024

    Deficits & Lame Duck POTUS


    We now know the presumptive presidential candidates. One of them (Trump) has presided over the largest deficits of the last 60 years. The other (Biden) has proposed deficit reduction but he requires Congress to pass tax increases to obtain it. Trump has promised unspecified tax cuts. Republican…


  • Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest Mar 18 - Mar 22, 2024
     Author(s): Norman Dempsey, MBA | Sat March 23, 2024

    "Rate Hawks in Hiding?" — Week in Review


    The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest is a compendium of news, commentary, and opinion from or of interest to our team. These are not revised assessments, and circumstances may have changed in the market from the time of original publication. We may include older and/…


  • March 2024 FOMC
     Author(s): Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. | Fri March 22, 2024

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - March 2024 FOMC by Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D.


    To no one’s surprise, the FOMC held its target rate range constant at 5.25%–5.5% and continued the process of letting its securities run off as they mature. In support of that decision, the committee’s statement cited data suggesting that job gains remain strong, the economy is expanding at a…


  • Putin
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun March 17, 2024

    Putin


    I’m starting this commentary with an analysis of Putin’s recent state of the nation address (“Putin’s Six-Year Manifesto Sets Sights Beyond Ukraine,” https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/91872). Please take a few minutes. The source is the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The…


  • Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest Mar 11 - Mar 15, 2024
     Author(s): Norman Dempsey, MBA | Sat March 16, 2024

    Mar 15, 2024 Week in Review


    The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest is a compendium of news, commentary, and opinion from or of interest to our team. These are not revised assessments, and circumstances may have changed in the market from the time of original publication. We may include older and/…


  • LEI, Yield Curve Inversion, Recession?
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue March 12, 2024

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - LEI, Yield Curve Inversion, Recession by David R. Kotok


    Every time the Leading Economic Index (LEI) has been negative year-over-year and the yield curve was simultaneously inverted, there has been a recession – not just a slowdown but a recession. We have decades of data to support this assertion.


  • Chairman Powell’s Semi-annual Monetary Policy Testimony
     Author(s): Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. | Mon March 11, 2024

    Chairman Powell’s Semi-annual Monetary Policy Testimony


     

    Chairman Powell gave his semi-annual monetary policy testimony on Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee and on Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee. His introductory remarks were fairly short. 

     


  • Sam Rines Guest Words: Oil, Guyana, Venezuela, US Economics
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun March 10, 2024

    Sam Rines Guest Words


    Sam Rines penned this as a Managing Director of CORBŪ and has granted me permission to share his entire discussion about oil, Guyana, etc. with our readers. He is right on the mark. I thank Sam for his analysis and letting me share it with our readers.


  • Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest Mar 04 - Mar 08, 2024
     Author(s): Norman Dempsey, MBA | Sat March 9, 2024

    Mar 08, 2024 Week in Review


    The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest is a compendium of news, commentary, and opinion from or of interest to our team. These are not revised assessments, and circumstances may have changed in the market from the time of original publication. We may include older and/or guest…


  • Phillips Curve: Covid Shock is Over!
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Mon March 4, 2024

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - Phillips Curve - Covid Shock is Over by David R. Kotok


    We believe that the effects of Covid on the economy and financial markets are diminishing. And we believe that the Phillips Curve (which represents the tradeoff between inflation and unemployment) is supporting this. For now, we want to share a long-term chart of the Phillips curve. The…


 

 

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