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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 May 13, 2021
“With regard to interest rates we continue to expect it will be appropriate to maintain the current 0 to 1⁄4 percent target range for the federal funds rate until labor market conditions have reached levels consistent with the Committee’s assessment of maximum employment and …
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue May 11, 2021
Here’s a link for readers to see the price spike in the Baltic Exchange Dry Index, which reveals shipping cost details that are tied to commodities: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/baltic. The definitions and composition are available for readers.
Author(s): Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. | Mon May 10, 2021
In advance of Friday’s jobs report for April, numerous surveys (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/06/april-jobs-expected-to-top-1-million-as-consumers-boost-the-economy.html) showed that econ
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sun May 9, 2021
We applaud all mothers; we wouldn’t be here without them. And we want them to be healthy, so we are scrapping our publishing plan for this Sunday and offering just one celebratory video and the helpful technical study below instead.
Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sat May 8, 2021
The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review is a recap of news, commentary, and opinion from 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 commentaries that our editors have determined may be…
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Fri May 7, 2021
Marvelous innovations in vaccine design and production by patent-protected American companies have afforded us powerful weapons to beat COVID-19, save lives, and accelerate the economic recovery. Here’s the latest thoroughly encouraging good news.
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu May 6, 2021
India’s health minister jumped the gun in a big way back in December. Veronica Hackethal, MD, writing for MedPage Today, explains:
Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue May 4, 2021
The COVID Tracking Project (https://covidtracking.com) is a volunteer effort that began at The Atlantic but quickly expanded to become the ongoing work of hundreds of “volunteer data-gatherers, developers, scientists, reporters, designers, editors, and other dedicated contributors.” The COVID…
Author(s): Patricia M. Healy, CFA | Mon May 3, 2021
On Wednesday night (April 27), the president formally unveiled the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan (AFP), which provides $1 trillion in direct aid and $800 billion in tax credits to fund childcare, healthcare, and education initiatives. The AFP is another installment of Biden’s Build…
Author(s): William H. Witherell, Ph.D. | Fri April 30, 2021
As the fourth month after the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) comes to an end, this note discusses the developments thus far. Brexit followed lengthy and difficult negotiations that resulted in a separation agreement stipulating that the UK would leave the…