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Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary offers insights and analysis on upcoming, important economic issues that potentially impact global financial markets. Our team shares their thinking on global economic developments, market news and other factors that often influence investment opportunities and strategies. Our readers appreciate its timeliness, depth of analysis, and quality of research.

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  • Eurozone Equity Markets Face Political Headwinds
     Author(s): William Witherell, Ph.D. | Sat December 1, 2018



    Eurozone equity markets have had a difficult year thus far, losing some 13.2% as of November 28, as measured by the iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF, EZU. While a slowing economy and a 6% weakening of the euro offer a partial explanation of the US-dollar return from these markets, a number of political…


  • Red Tide, January 25th Sarasota Conference on Climate Change
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu November 29, 2018



    The January 25th GIC-USFSM conference, Adapting to a Changing Climate: Challenges & Opportunities, to be held at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, is open to the public. The sponsors, including Cumberland, helped so as to allow the cost of registration to be held to $50, a…


  • Margin Trading vs. Leveraged ETFs
     Author(s): Leo Chen, Ph.D. | Wed November 28, 2018



    Our previous commentary on leveraged ETFs (www.cumber.com/leveraged-etfs/) received many comments from our readers. We would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts and address one common question among many investors: Which is better, margin trading or leveraged ETFs?


  • US role in Global Wealth
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue November 27, 2018



    “The U.S. accounts for more than a third of the $8 trillion in assets held globally by ultrahigh-net-worth individuals, those with $20 million to invest, according to Boston Consulting. UBS reckons there are probably even more rich individuals in the U.S. than surveys suggest.


  • Cumberland Advisors Week in Review (Nov 19, 2018 - Nov 23, 2018)
     Author(s): | Sun November 25, 2018



    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…


  • Is the Municipal Bond Market Sleepy?! Pension Doomsday?
     Author(s): Patricia Healy, CFA | Tue November 20, 2018



    Today’s municipal bond market is anything but “sleepy,” as Spencer Jakab characterized it in his Wall Street Journal article “Prophet of Muni Market Doom Wasn’t Wrong, Just Early” (10/26/2018). The Prophet of Doom he referred to was Meredith Whitney, who shortly before the financial crisis…


  • BREXIT Breakthrough Followed by Threat of Breakdown
     Author(s): William Witherell, Ph.D. | Sat November 17, 2018



    On November 13, British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Brexit negotiating team reached agreement with the European Union (EU) negotiators on a draft withdrawal treaty. The next day, after a very difficult five-hour meeting, May secured the agreement of her cabinet.


  • The Failing Trump Navarro Trade War
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Fri November 16, 2018



    The United States seems to be losing the ill-conceived Trump-Navarro trade war. The evidence of this loss continues to mount.


  • Leveraged ETFs
     Author(s): Leo Chen, Ph.D. | Thu November 15, 2018



    Our quantitative strategy at Cumberland Advisors is a trading model that combines fundamental indicators and quantitative analysis into a binary output – either fully invested or all in cash. The strategy trades the S&P 500 in two versions: unleveraged and leveraged. Specifically, the…


 

 

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