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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): David R. Kotok | Thu June 16, 2022
Given all the global central bank tightening, we’re publicly releasing our newly completed 80-page study pamphlet on yield curve control and its effects on global interest rates. The pamphlet includes slides and tables. We discuss why the 2-10 spread indicator is not sufficient for policymaking…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Mon June 13, 2022
Frank Martins, who is a regional sales director at ValueLine Funds (https://vlfunds.com), sends a regular note with interesting snippets.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu June 9, 2022
A number of readers responded to our Sunday, May 29, commentary, “Investing and Politics Don’t Mix Well” (
Author(s): Patricia Healy, CFA | Wed June 8, 2022
Cumberland has utilized separately managed accounts (SMAs) to execute its fixed-income strategy since the company’s inception in 1973, long before SMAs were popularized in the early 2000s. The reasons for managing money in this fashion are the same today as they were then:
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue June 7, 2022
I would like to thank Byron Callan and Capital Alpha Partners (https://capalphadc.com) for permission to shar
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Mon June 6, 2022
This Sunday we feature the replay of Part 3 in the “Ukraine: What’s Next?” five-part series: “Cyber Security Analysis” (
Author(s): Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. | Fri June 3, 2022
During the first week of June, we gain access to a number of important reports on the US labor market to go along with the inflation data for April. The FOMC, which meets June 13–14, will have one more observation on CPI inflation but will not receive the May PCE until April 30, after the…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu June 2, 2022
“The Great Recalibration”
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue May 31, 2022
We've witnessed the trillion-dollar crypto meltdown in prices of various cryptocurrency assets. To be more precise, the crypto market cap peak was about $2.7 trillion and now is about $1.1 trillion.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun May 29, 2022
“Investing and politics don’t mix” concluded a recent Barry Ritholtz Sunday morning column. Here’s the link and citation for readers who are interested: “Dangers of Mixing Business with Politics,” https://ritholtz.com/2018/03/dangers-mixing-business-politics/.
We agree with Barry and…