Florida’s passage of its law prohibiting the use of central bank digital currencies redefined the definition of money under the Uniform Commercial Code to exclude both US and foreign central bank currencies. Interestingly, the new Florida ban would seem to include…

An acceleration of economic activity in the service sector would be most welcome under normal circumstances. It means more employment, more broadly defined growth in America, more absorption of the excess labor force, more closure of the gap between job seekers and job…

I remember going with my father to the Memorial Park in Vineland, NJ, to decorate graves. That was 75 years ago. I was about 5. All the veterans’ groups in the town would join in this annual rite. Small American flags, flowers, various mementos, and veterans groups’…

The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review is a digest 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.

I'm pleased to share with you my interview with Ed D’Agostino, Publisher & COO of Global Macro Update. There are also video and audio versions of our conversation available which are linked below. Thank you, David  

David R. Kotok

Chairman and Chief Investment Officer

“One-month Treasury yields remain stubbornly above the current Fed Funds rate, at 5.53 percent versus 5.08 pct. As we have mentioned previously, this is a very unusual occurrence. From 2002 to 2022, 1-month yields averaged 0.13 percentage points lower than Fed Funds,…

The Florida legislature and Governor DeSantis spent the better part of the first two weeks of May jumping at shadows as they passed and signed a bill (SB7054) to prohibit the use of federally sanctioned central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in Florida as money under…

I want to start this commentary with a personal statement: The opinion that I articulate at the end of this commentary is my personal view. I have colleagues who agree and also those who disagree. I’m writing this piece in support of the Federal Reserve and the actions it took to avert a serious…

About a year ago, we published a commentary titled, “A Bond Metric for Stock Markets?” (https://www.cumber.com/market-commentary/bond-metric-stock-markets). We recommend that readers spend three minutes reviewing that commentary.

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The stock markets of the United Kingdom and France are the largest in Europe. The UK and French economies are among the largest in Europe. The two countries on opposite sides of the Channel share a centuries long history of economic and political competition. Their…