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  • Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest Jun 17 - Jun 21, 2024
     Author(s): Norm Dempsey, MBA | Sat June 22, 2024

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  • France
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Fri June 21, 2024

    France


    How can you govern a country with two hundred thirty-eight varieties of cheese?”― François Mitterrand, President of France, 1981–1995 


  • Putin, Maduro, Oil, Defense
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Mon June 17, 2024

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - Putin, Maduro, Oil, Defense by David R. Kotok


    IMO, America’s enemy, Mr. V. Putin, is using his Venezuelan proxy, Nicolás Maduro, to open a third front against the US. At the end of this discussion is a list of citations in support of my view. 


  • 51 Years!
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun June 16, 2024

    51 Years!


    Who’da thunk it? 51 years ago (June 18, 1973) my co-founding partner, Sheldon “Shep” Goldberg (deceased) and I received a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission informing us that Cumberland Advisors was legally registered as an investment advisory firm. And we’re still around. And…


  • High-Tech Bubble Valuation? I'm Not So Sure!
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue June 11, 2024

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - High-Tech Bubble Valuation - I'm Not So Sure! by David R. Kotok


    While respectful citizens observed D-Day commemorations, 80 years on, another invasion occurred on June 6th of this year. Barron’s summarized it like this: Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL) and Nvidia (NVDA) are each worth a little more than $3 trillion. Nvidia’s market capitalization…
  • Hearts and Bones
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun June 9, 2024

    Hearts and Bones


    Mexico. A remarkable political change yields a government where women head the branches and the presidency and fill other roles. Shortly after Claudia Sheinbaum was elected as the nation's first woman president, another woman was murdered while in her capacity as mayor of a Mexican city. As Paul…
  • Trump Verdict & Markets
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Mon June 3, 2024

    Trump Verdict & Financial Markets


    I received an email from a retired NY judge, who noted the 574-point rally in the Dow Jones Industrials as a positive response to Trump’s guilty verdict. I disagreed.

     


  • Doug Kass & Me on Debt & Deficits
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun June 2, 2024

    Cumberland Advisors Market Commentary - Doug Kass & Me on Debt & Deficits by David R. Kotok


    Doug Kass sent a 12-point missive on May 22, at 6:20 AM EDT. Here’s the title: “12 Frightening Charts and Tables … you will not see them being discussed in the business media today.” Doug was kind enough to give me permission to quote him on the first two items. We are not addressing the other…


  • Cumberland Advisors Week in Review + Digest May 27 - May 31, 2024
     Author(s): Norman Dempsey, MBA | Sat June 1, 2024

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  • Russo-Ukraine War: Guest Comments by Byron Callan
     Author(s): David R. Kotok & Byron Callan | Wed May 29, 2024

    Russo-Ukraine War: Guest Comments by Byron Callan


    Capital Alpha in Washington is one of the finest policy and political forecasting research firms, IMO. Byron Callan is their key defense analyst. He is also a friend and Camp K fishing colleague. Byron examines every state vs. state war since 1937 and recites history and astute observations in…


 

 

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