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  • Election Day: A Few Case Studies
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Wed November 4, 2020



    Jack replied to our comments about voting systems and their integrity. Here’s most of his note, to think about on this Election Day:

    Hi David,


  • Yogi Response
     Author(s): | Tue November 3, 2020



    Commentaries regularly create opportunities to broaden the conversation with readers. A number of readers responded to my take on the election, “Yogi: It Aint Over,” posted on October 14 (https://www.cumber.com/yogi-it-aint-over/).


  • Men
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Mon November 2, 2020



    On October 18, we dedicated our Sunday morning missive to women. (See “Women,” https://www.cumber.com/cumberland-advisors-market-commentary-women/.) Men may not fall into that gender category, but they are part of the group that made that gender possible.
  • Cumberland Advisors Week in Review (Oct 26, 2020 - Oct 30, 2020)
     Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sun November 1, 2020



    The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review is a recap of news, commentary, and opinion from our team.


  • 60/40 is not dead yet
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Fri October 30, 2020



    “The 60% stock/40% bond portfolio is largely a relic of the past, with alternatives likely to become a bigger portion of investors’ portfolios over the next decade, asset management chiefs said during a panel discussion at the Milken Global Institute Conference on Wednesday.” (“The 60/40…


  • Q&A with Christopher Whalen
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Wed October 28, 2020



    Christopher Whalen is a longtime friend and confidant, so this interview with him inevitably reflects the sorts of biases that result from engaging, enlightening conversations over many years. Many know Chris from TV appearances or press quotes or social media commentary. Others may know his…


  • Florida: Desantis, Disease, Deaths, Schools
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Tue October 27, 2020



    The DeSantis administration’s official COVID-19 track record in Florida shows more than 840,000 confirmed COVID-19 disease cases and 16,470 dead among Florida residents as of Thursday, October 22 (https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map). We have only crude estimates of how many people may have…


  • Cumberland Advisors Week in Review (Oct 19, 2020 - Oct 23, 2020)
     Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sun October 25, 2020



    The Cumberland Advisors Week in Review is a recap of news, commentary, and opinion from our team.


  • Qingdao, Canada, and Florida
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Fri October 23, 2020



    Readers can compare for themselves. In Qingdao, China, just a dozen new cases of COVID-19 triggered the testing of the city’s entire population – that’s nine million tests in just five days.


  • Taxes
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Thu October 22, 2020



    There are several policy areas where the differences between Biden and Trump are huge. Climate change policy is one of them, and we have discussed that in the past. Another is taxes.


 

 

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