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  • American Families Plan
     Author(s): Patricia M. Healy, CFA | Mon May 3, 2021

    American Families Plan


      On Wednesday night (April 27), the president formally unveiled the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan (AFP), which provides $1 trillion in direct aid and $800 billion in tax credits to fund childcare, healthcare, and education initiatives. The AFP is another installment of Biden’s Build…
  • One Wonders
     Author(s): Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. | Fri April 30, 2021

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - One Wonders by Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D.


     

    One wonders how different the FOMC’s policy statement and press conference would have been had the FOMC met next week after the first release of real GDP growth for the first quarter of 2021. CNBC’s most recent survey of economists, released April 27, showed that they now expect 6…


  • The UK at Four Months Post-Brexit
     Author(s): William H. Witherell, Ph.D. | Fri April 30, 2021

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - The UK at Four Months Post-Brexit by Witherell Witherell, Ph.D.


     

    As the fourth month after the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) comes to an end, this note discusses the developments thus far. Brexit followed lengthy and difficult negotiations that resulted in a separation agreement stipulating that the UK would leave the…


  • M2 Velocity, Fed & Years Life Lost (YLL)
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue April 27, 2021

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - M2 Velocity, Fed & Years Life Lost (YLL)


     


  • A Climate Update from CAC
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun April 25, 2021

    A Climate Update from CAC


     

    The Climate Adaptation Center in Sarasota, FL, headed by Bob Bunting, assembles and presents information obtained from curated sources. We support the CAC because it is focused on the response and not on the blame game.

     


  • Fed's Balance Sheet's Size & "Taper Tantrums"?
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu April 22, 2021

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - Fed's Balance Sheet's Size & Taper Tantrums


     


  • No Herd Immunity, Yet
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue April 20, 2021

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - No Herd Immunity, Yet


     

    “Covid-19 hospitalizations have yet to follow suit (sic case counts rising). Several sources cite increased hospitalizations among unvaccinated adults under 50 years old. Vaccinations for this population have become available only recently. The rate of all U.S. adults that have…


  • Art Cashin – Historian Extraordinaire
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun April 18, 2021

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - Art-Cashin-Historian-Extraordinaire


     

    Readers of our last three seasonally oriented Sunday missives are now invited to a fourth and a real treat. We have obtained permission from a friend of many years to share a part of his daily note, sent on Good Friday.

     


  • Cumberland Advisors Week In Review (Apr 12, 2021 - Apr 16, 2021)
     Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sat April 17, 2021

    Cumberland Advisors - Week in Review


     

    Thank you for joining Cumberland Advisors for this April 16, 2021 end-of-week update on market conditions, bonds & equities with Matt McAleer & Patricia Healy, CFA. Patty is our senior vice president of research and she's also a portfolio manager.

     


  • Solar Power in Xinjiang
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu April 15, 2021

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - Solar Power in Xinjiang


    This link will take you to a ten-minute Bloomberg “QuickTake” well worth watching. It is investigative journalism at its best: “The Solar Industry's Xinjiang Problem,” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-04-13/the-solar-industry-s-xinjiang-problem-video  


 

 

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