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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.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Fri June 24, 2022
The second quarter (2022) in the American stock market has been one volatile mess. We're going to focus only on the stock market, but we need to remind everybody that volatility struck in many asset classes.
Author(s): William H. Witherell, Ph.D. | Wed June 22, 2022
Russia’s war in Ukraine and Covid-related shutdowns in China have led to both slower growth prospects and higher inflation for the global economy. What was expected to be a continued strong recovery has been transformed in the second quarter to a stalling global economy.
Author(s): Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. | Tue June 21, 2022
Chairman Powell made it clear in the FOMC post meeting press conference that the Committee is now frontloading return of its target federal funds rate range to a more “normal” position. The move of 75 basis points was telegraphed ahead of the meeting but still surprised some observers.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun June 19, 2022
We have cited Paul Schulte, founder and editor of Singapore-based Schulte Research, a number of times. Paul has decades of experience in equity research and research on banks, financial technology, bank algorithms, and credit algorithms.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu June 16, 2022
Given all the global central bank tightening, we’re publicly releasing our newly completed 80-page study pamphlet on yield curve control and its effects on global interest rates. The pamphlet includes slides and tables. We discuss why the 2-10 spread indicator is not sufficient for policymaking…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Mon June 13, 2022
Frank Martins, who is a regional sales director at ValueLine Funds (https://vlfunds.com), sends a regular note with interesting snippets.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu June 9, 2022
A number of readers responded to our Sunday, May 29, commentary, “Investing and Politics Don’t Mix Well” (
Author(s): Patricia Healy, CFA | Wed June 8, 2022
Cumberland has utilized separately managed accounts (SMAs) to execute its fixed-income strategy since the company’s inception in 1973, long before SMAs were popularized in the early 2000s. The reasons for managing money in this fashion are the same today as they were then:
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue June 7, 2022
I would like to thank Byron Callan and Capital Alpha Partners (https://capalphadc.com) for permission to shar
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Mon June 6, 2022
This Sunday we feature the replay of Part 3 in the “Ukraine: What’s Next?” five-part series: “Cyber Security Analysis” (