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  • 2024 Cumberland Advisors Markets Mid-Year Outlook
     Author(s): John R. Mousseau, CFA | Mon July 22, 2024

    Cumberland Advisors Markets Outlook Mid-Year 2024 by John R. Mousseau


    This is a brief overview of Cumberland Advisors’ thoughts on financial markets as we head into the second half of 2024. We know that there could be some volatility in markets based on this anything-but-normal presidential election year; however, in the end we believe economics will continue to…


  • Uncertainty
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun July 21, 2024

    Uncertainty


    Mr. Market had answered this way about recent uncertainty: “Gimme bad news or gimme good news, but don’t gimme no news.” 


  • Q2 2024 Credit Commentary – And the Year Rolls On
     Author(s): Patricia Healy, CFA | Tue July 16, 2024

    Patricia Healy - Q2 2024 Credit Commentary


    The credit cycle does not yet seem to have turned; at worst it is mixed.


  • Trump Assassination Attempt
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Mon July 15, 2024

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - Trump Assassination Attempt by David R. Kotok


    The attempted assassination of presumptive presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump is the latest in a historical list. Worldwide, nearly all political parties’ leaders and spokespersons condemned it. From me, personally, any assassination attempt on former President Trump is…


  • France Again!
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun July 14, 2024

    France Again!


    The news about any shooting attack on any candidate for any American public office, whether a presidential candidate or a local politician, is disturbing and distressing. There isn’t much more to say since readers are already familiar with the known details.The prepared discussion for today is…


  • The Healthcare Sector
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu July 11, 2024

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - The Healthcare Sector by David R. Kotok


    We will start with a quote from page 110 of The Coming Wave, a must-read book by Mustafa Suleyman (co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI). His book is authored with Michael Bhaskar.

     


  • Biden, Trump, Putin, Kim, Xi, Khamenei, et al.
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun July 7, 2024

    Biden, Trump, Putin, Kim, Xi, Khamenei, et al.


    Biden and Trump: They have been and are being observed in real time by Putin, Kim, Xi, Khamenei, et al. Disclosure: as this is written, Cumberland has an overweight position in US defense-aerospace.  For details talk with Matt McAleer.


  • Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest Jul 01 - Jul 05, 2024
     Author(s): Norm Dempsey, MBA | Sat July 6, 2024

    Cumberland Advisors Week in Review


    The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest is a compendium of news, commentary, and opinion from or of interest to our team. These are not revised assessments, and circumstances may have changed in the market from the time of original publication. We may include older and/or guest…


  • Q2 2024 Economic Review and Outlook
     Author(s): David W. Berson, Ph.D. | Mon July 1, 2024

    Q2 2024 Economic Review and Outlook by David W. Berson, Ph.D.


    The key points you should know: 


  • Houthis & Putin Raise Shipping Costs Again
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun June 30, 2024

    Houthis & Putin Raise Shipping Costs Again


    Peter Boockvar routinely updates the shipping costs being imposed on the world by behaviors of certain bad actors like Putin in Russia and like the Houthis in Yemen. Here’s a recent update, from June 20th. We thank Peter for giving us permission to share the following excerpt from his…


 

 

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