Insights
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 | Sun August 13, 2023
Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sat August 12, 2023
Author(s): Patricia M. Healy, CFA | Mon August 7, 2023
The second quarter of the year saw fears of banking contagion abate, the continuation of Fed rate hikes to battle inflation, and concern about recession.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun August 6, 2023
Several readers responded to our July 30 commentary, “The Cost of Debt Ceiling Crisis” (
Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sat August 5, 2023
Author(s): John R. Mousseau, CFA | Fri August 4, 2023
Fitch Ratings downgraded the US government’s credit rating on August 1st. Fitch took the rating down to AA+, one notch from the previous AAA rating. We believe this is a combination of Fitch’s view of the large US government deficit and the standoff between President Biden and House Republicans…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue August 1, 2023
We’re headed to Maine for the 33rd year of visiting the St. Croix River Valley and, specifically, the Village of Grand Lake Stream, ME. (https://grandlakestream.org) The village itself has about a 100 year-round population. It has one store. No traffic lights.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun July 30, 2023
Kotok prefatory note: This 20-minute read (4700 words plus charts) is an exploration of the cost of the debt ceiling crisis. We expect that there will be serious academic work on this subject within a year or two, just as occurred after the 2011 debt ceiling crisis. Please consider all opinions…
Author(s): John R. Mousseau, CFA | Fri July 21, 2023
This is a brief overview of Cumberland Advisors’ thoughts on the second half of 2023 and a look back at the first half of this year. As we mentioned in January, one of our basic investment tenets is that markets revert to the mean over periods of time.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun July 16, 2023
The editorial note inserted in last Sunday’s piece (“Texas, Heat, Malaria, Mosquitoes”) triggered some questions that focused on the Sahara dust cloud.