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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): Bill Witherell, PH.D. | Sat February 18, 2017
The recovery in the Eurozone economies is firming with respect to private consumption and investment, with higher employment and labor income, according to the European Central Bank (ECB). Yet financial markets are on edge as a result of heightened political risk, with important elections coming…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu February 16, 2017
Is the Flynn–Russia–Trump leaks–Russian missile ball of wax a distraction that is causing market agents to think more about other things than economic issues?
You bet.
Author(s): Leo Chen, Ph.D. | Wed February 15, 2017
I. Market Efficiency: Active vs. Passive
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun February 12, 2017
During one of my two speaking sessions at the Money Show in Orlando, Florida, on February 8, 2017, we had a question from the audience, asking us to weigh in on the issue of gold versus the dollar. Readers and followers of financial press may have observed reports that we took up our position in…
Author(s): | Sat February 11, 2017
Excitement builds as we finalize preparations for the March 30th all-day Financial Literacy event. See http://www.usfsm.edu/FinancialLiteracy for a detailed program, confirmed speakers’ list, and registration. The Financial Literacy Day agenda includes a full day of discussions covering…
Author(s): David Kotok | Fri February 10, 2017
I was pleased to join Adam Johnson and Tom Essaye on the Feb. 8 edition of The Bell podcast. We chatted about topics that ran the gamut from Cumberland’s bullish take on Japan, to the communicative power and political effectiveness of tweets, to equity market valuations and bond market liquidity…
Author(s): David Kotok | Thu February 9, 2017
We received a large volume of email on the Trump immigration order debate. Views are about evenly divided for and against, with many passionate assertions and opinions. We are not running a blog; but, that said, the sheer number of responses has triggered this commentary. We do not expect to…
Author(s): Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. | Wed February 8, 2017
The state of US trade with Mexico is on the front page as policy makers attempt to stem the outflow of firms, jobs, and goods production from the United States. To put the issues in perspective, it is first helpful to have some facts on US trade in general and trade with Mexico in particular. By…
Author(s): Bill Witherell | Tue February 7, 2017
Japan’s central bank, the Bank of Japan (BOJ), confirmed at last week’s meeting that the recovery in the Japanese economy remains on track. It decided to leave policy unchanged with respect to its short- and long-term interest operations. The BOJ did extend for one year its loan support program…
Author(s): Leo Chen | Fri February 3, 2017
The three major indices hit new all-time highs last week. Especially, the Dow finally climbed above the 20,000 psychological barrier. Whether this is the breakout that many technicians have been waiting for or just a meaningless number that is no different from, say, Dow 18,456, remains to be…