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 | Tue November 19, 2019
The United States has gotten itself into a trade war negotiations mess. (See "How Trump’s Trade War Went From Method to Madness," https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-11-14/how-trump-s-trade-war-went-from-method-to-madness.)
Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sun November 17, 2019
The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review is a recap of news, commentary, and opinion from our team.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Fri November 15, 2019
We thank the many readers who responded positively to our recent report on Brazil and deforestation in the Amazon. For a researcher and a writer, it is affirming to get some positive feedback.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Wed November 13, 2019
Climate change is real. For the sake of our children and grandchildren, we must be talking about it seriously and thoughtfully.
Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sun November 10, 2019
The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review is a recap of news, commentary, and opinion from our team.
Author(s): William Witherell, Ph.D. | Sat November 9, 2019
The Bank of Japan at its October 30–31 Monetary Policy Committee meeting kept its policy unchanged while indicating it was willing to lower interest rates further into negative territory from their current low levels if needed to maintain progress towards the 2% inflation objective.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Fri November 8, 2019
The Military Lending Act caps annual interest on loans to military members at 36% and offers other safeguards. Now, lawmakers are proposing to extend that protection to veterans and others. NPR reports: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/776769597/a-ban-on-high-cost-loans-may-be-coming
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Wed November 6, 2019
While Washington (politics and baseball) dominates the headlines, the American farmer continues to be bludgeoned by the Peter Navarro-designed and Donald Trump-approved trade war. The last two years have seen a significant erosion in US agricultural exports, and farmers have been badly hurt.
Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sun November 3, 2019
The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review is a recap of news, commentary, and opinion from our team.
Author(s): Patricia Healy, CFA | Sat November 2, 2019
The fires engulfing parts of California are feared to become the nation’s worst fire disaster, possibly surpassing 2017 and 2018 fire events. Spurred on by wind gusts of up to 80 mph, this disaster harkens back to Superstorm Sandy, which occurred seven years ago, in October 2012.