This past week saw the release of a raft of important economic data which, in combination with the FOMC’s decision, have important implications for the path of interest rates through 2024. At the beginning of the week, we got the advance estimate of real GDP growth for Q1 2024…

First a short Sarasota restaurant review. Enough folks liked the prior one, so here’s another one. I lunched alone at Arts & Central, 611 Central Ave. in Sarasota. On a gorgeous spring day, I walked up with no reservation and asked hostess Kaylee for a table outside and in the shade. There…

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is here and it’s evolving faster than you can say “AI.” Imagine the time you can save if you’re scheduled for a last-minute presentation! But one must be very careful.  

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Datatrek summarized things this way: “Without 5 Big Tech names, S&P 500 earnings would be down 6.0 pct in Q1 rather than the consensus estimate of +0.5 pct growth. AMZN, GOOG, META, MSFT and NVDA are the difference. The ‘S&P 495’ are expected to turn the corner later this year,…

There are rapidly changing geopolitical events in the Middle East and Persian Gulf regions plus extraordinary political events in Washington as Speaker Johnson advances a bipartisan effort to pass defense related legislation.  The political extremism is apparent among the far left caucus in…

The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest is a compendium of news, commentary, and opinion from or of interest to our team. These are not revised assessments, and circumstances may have changed in the market from the time of original publication. We may include older and/or guest…

Interest rates and inflation are still up, but the Fed has paused and indicated that easing will be the next step. However, given better-than-expected economic data, the estimates of rate cuts are fewer and farther in the future. The stock market performed well in Q1, with expectations of lower…

CNBC offered this headline: “Biden says U.S. economy is world’s best.

During its March FOMC meeting, the Committee held its target rate range constant at 5.25%–5.5% and released a new Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), which reaffirmed that it expected to make three rate cuts in 2024. Not only did the projections change, but it appeared that more of the…