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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): Patricia M. Healy, CFA | Tue December 13, 2022
The Swiss Re Group, one of the world’s largest reinsurers, reported on December 1 that, this year through November, worldwide disasters, natural and man-made, caused economic damage of $268 billion, of which $122 billion was insured. Note that the damage is more than double the insured…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun December 11, 2022
ESG Part 6: A Conversation on Corporate Governance/ESG at Rowan University
Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sat December 10, 2022
Linked below is our Cumberland Advisors’ Friday, December 9, 2022 Week in Review, an end-of-week update on market conditions, equities & bonds with Matt C. McAleer, Executive Vice President & Director of Equity Strategies.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu December 8, 2022
The debate continues daily over the Fed’s future policy. My expectation is a 50-basis-point hike in a few days and another one early next year. My best guess is still a 5% terminal rate, but evidence may take that number higher. In my opinion, it is doubtful that there will be any near-term data…
Author(s): Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. | Tue December 6, 2022
The more we learn about cryptocurrencies, it seems, the less we know. For example, we last reported that there were about 9,000 cryptocurrencies in 2021.
Author(s): William H. Witherell, Ph.D. | Mon December 5, 2022
November saw strong advances in Chinese stocks, particularly in the final week. The US-listed SPDR S&P China ETF, GXC, for example, advanced 23.5% on a total-return basis. This advance comes in what has been a very bad year for Chinese stocks.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun December 4, 2022
We see more and more payment liabilities revealed as the FTX affair unfolds. Successive bankruptcies make headlines. Lawsuits originate against sports personalities and celebrities who garnered fees for advertising themselves as endorsers or supporters within the crypto space.
Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sat December 3, 2022
Dear Clients & Friends,
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu December 1, 2022
In an embarrassment to one user of ESG ratings and factor models, FactSet’s Truevalue Labs rated FTX higher than it rated Exxon in leadership and governance. Below is a screenshot of the ratings posted and tweeted. We verified this from Reddit.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Wed November 30, 2022
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has sent a letter, excerpted below, to the following key leaders in the House and Senate: