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): Gabriel Hament | Thu April 6, 2017
Here at our Sarasota, FL headquarters, we are blessed not only with year-round sunshine but also with an arts and cultural ecosystem rivaling that of cities which are orders of magnitude larger, a cluster of academic institutions that attract students from every corner of the country and world,…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Wed April 5, 2017
This is a BBC report about US-Canada trade and transit: bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39449515. Behaviors have consequences, and that is true even among the best of friends.
Author(s): Shaun Burgess | Tue April 4, 2017
“Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.” – George Orwell
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sat April 1, 2017
Pundits have hypothesized that the failure of Obamacare repeal and replacement has so undermined Trump that the tax reform–infrastructure–repatriation package is likewise doomed. We disagree.
Author(s): Matthew C. McAleer | Fri March 31, 2017
Our International ETF strategy analyzes fiscal and interest-rate policy and complements that research with trading analytics to determine portfolio risk/reward and valuations. The strategy has the benefit of flexibility in allocation by market cap size and developed vs. emerging markets.
Author(s): Matthew C. McAleer | Thu March 30, 2017
Recognizing strengths and weaknesses among primary asset classes is the core goal of our Tactical Trend strategy. The strategy seeks to identify relative strength and trend strength in an attempt to allocate capital to the strongest asset classes while underweighting or eliminating exposure to…
Author(s): Michael McNiven, Ph.D. | Wed March 29, 2017
Cumberland Advisors is a fiduciary advisor for retirement plans such as 401(k)s for businesses, 403(b)s for education and nonprofit groups, and 457 plans in the government sector. As part of our advisory efforts, we meet with plan participants to help them assess their retirement account needs.…
Author(s): Patricia Healy, CFA | Tue March 28, 2017
There may be credit challenges in public finance; but for the fifth year in a row, per S&P, upgrades outpaced downgrades.
Author(s): Bill Witherell, Ph.D | Sat March 25, 2017
The majority of Europeans breathed a sigh of relief following last week’s general election in the Netherlands. Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s center-right party won enough seats to form a ruling coalition. While the far-right populist, anti-immigrant and anti-European Union party of Geert Wilders…
Author(s): Daniel Himelberger | Fri March 24, 2017
The first quarter of 2017 saw records being broken in the equity market, while yields in the fixed-income market have experience continued volatility. The largest movement in yield was on the short end, as we have begun to witness some flattening of the yield curve. As of March 23rd, the 1-year…