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Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun June 16, 2024
Who’da thunk it? 51 years ago (June 18, 1973) my co-founding partner, Sheldon “Shep” Goldberg (deceased) and I received a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission informing us that Cumberland Advisors was legally registered as an investment advisory firm. And we’re still around. And…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue June 11, 2024
While respectful citizens observed D-Day commemorations, 80 years on, another invasion occurred on June 6th of this year. Barron’s summarized it like this: Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL) and Nvidia (NVDA) are each worth a little more than $3 trillion. Nvidia’s market capitalization…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun June 9, 2024
Mexico. A remarkable political change yields a government where women head the branches and the presidency and fill other roles. Shortly after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected as the nation's first woman president, another woman was murdered while in her capacity as mayor of a Mexican city. As Paul…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Mon June 3, 2024
I received an email from a retired NY judge, who noted the 574-point rally in the Dow Jones Industrials as a positive response to Trump’s guilty verdict. I disagreed.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun June 2, 2024
Doug Kass sent a 12-point missive on May 22, at 6:20 AM EDT. Here’s the title: “12 Frightening Charts and Tables … you will not see them being discussed in the business media today.” Doug was kind enough to give me permission to quote him on the first two items. We are not addressing the other…
Author(s): Norman Dempsey, MBA | Sat June 1, 2024
Author(s): David R. Kotok & Byron Callan | Wed May 29, 2024
Capital Alpha in Washington is one of the finest policy and political forecasting research firms, IMO. Byron Callan is their key defense analyst. He is also a friend and Camp K fishing colleague. Byron examines every state vs. state war since 1937 and recites history and astute observations in…
Author(s): Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. | Tue May 28, 2024
The minutes of the May FOMC meeting emphasized five key points pertaining to inflation risk. These are the health of the economy, housing prices, productivity, and the balance of risks as far as policy is concerned. The fifth was the negative impact that recent inflation increases had…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun May 19, 2024
I’m starting today’s commentary with a quote:
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu May 16, 2024
Peter Boockvar published this sentence before I did, so I will give him the origination credit.