Market Commentary

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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.

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  • Market Volatility/Leveraged Volatility/Sector Alpha Portfolios – 2020Q1 Review
     Author(s): Leo Chen, Ph.D. | Fri March 20, 2020



    Following the S&P 500’s outstanding performance in 2019, the continual all-time highs in the first quarter of 2020 were short-lived. Just days after the Dow soared to within 500 points of 30,000, the coronavirus outbreak brought the US equity market down by 30%, precipitating the fastest…


  • Cumberland Advisors Midweek Update on Market Conditions, Bonds & Equities with McAleer & Mousseau
     Author(s): John R. Mousseau & Matt McAleer | Thu March 19, 2020



    Thank you for joining Cumberland Advisors for this midweek update on market conditions, bonds & equities with Matt McAleer and John Mousseau.


  • Why We Don’t Know How Many COVID-19 Cases We Have
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Wed March 18, 2020



    The March 12 issue of The Economist addresses the adjustments governments and their leaders are being forced to make as the world confronts COVID-19:


  • Whatever It Takes, Part II
     Author(s): Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. | Tue March 17, 2020



    On Thursday, March 12, the Federal Reserve announced additional measures designed to send a message to markets that the Fed is there should it be needed. Pundits hyped that the Fed was going to inject up to $1.5 trillion of liquidity into financial markets, but that amount is misleading in many…


  • Cumberland Advisors Week in Review (Mar 09, 2020 - Mar 13, 2020)
     Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Sun March 15, 2020



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


  • Airlines and COVID19
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Sat March 14, 2020



    Cumberland portfolios hold no airline stocks, no transportation stocks, no hotel, leisure or hospitality stocks. Sector ETFs were sold. Some of these stocks are part of the broad based ETFs which are tied to an index basket. Now let’s look at airlines.


  • Cumberland Advisors Special Update on Market Conditions, Bonds & Equities
     Author(s): Matthew McAleer | Thu March 12, 2020



    Dear Clients & Friends,

    We bring you this midweek update video discussing current market conditions and how we are positioning portfolios.

     

    John offers his insights into how the bond market is behaving and Matt weighs in on what's happening in the equities…


  • Saudi-Russia Oil War
     Author(s): David R. Kotok | Wed March 11, 2020



    A quick note about oil. The Saudi-Russia price war means OPEC disarray and a lower oil price for the US.


  • The VIX Spread
     Author(s): Leo Chen, Ph.D. | Tue March 10, 2020



    The S&P 500 dropped 11.5% the week before last week, the fastest correction in its history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had two 1000-point drops in that week; the Dow also had four days with 1000-point intraday swings in the past two weeks, making it six out of ten trading days with…


  • Cumberland Advisors Letter to Clients with respect to COVID-19
     Author(s): Cumberland Advisors | Tue March 10, 2020



    To our clients:

    Cumberland Advisors continues to monitor global as well as local developments with respect to COVID-19 (the illness caused by the new coronavirus), while constantly considering changes that may be required to our operations, processes, and systems to ensure continued…


 

 

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