Category: Political

  • Immigration: Some Facts!

    David R. Kotok, July 31, 2024 (The following was first published on Cumberland Advisors’ website and via LISTSERV. For details, visit https://www.cumber.com/.) Immigration is again a hot topic, with the presidential contenders facing off in what is appearing to be another very close race, according to the first post-Harris-entry polls. Emotions around the subject are…

  • Trump Assassination Attempt

    David R. Kotok, July 15, 2024 (The following was first published on Cumberland Advisors’ website and via LISTSERV. For details, visit https://www.cumber.com/.) 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…

  • Biden, Trump, Putin, Kim, Xi, Khamenei, et al., by David R. Kotok, July 7, 2024

    (The following was first published on Cumberland Advisors’ website and via LISTSERV. For details, visit https://www.cumber.com/.) 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. Academy Securities’…

  • Cuba Updated, by David R. Kotok, June 23, 2024

    (The following was first published on Cumberland Advisors’ website and via LISTSERV. For details, visit https://www.cumber.com/.) A Cuba Update (June 2024) “Cuba Series, Part 1: The Bay of Pigs,” Feb. 04, 2024, https://www.cumber.com/market-commentary/cuba-series-part-1-bay-pigs“Cuba Series, Part 2: US Sanctions on Cuba?” Feb. 11, 2024, https://www.cumber.com/market-commentary/cuba-series-part-2-us-sanctions-cuba“Cuba Series, Part 3: Healthcare,” Feb. 18, 2024, https://www.cumber.com/market-commentary/cuba-series-part-3-healthcare“Cuba Series, Part 4: Helms–Burton & Readers Respond,”…

  • France, by David R. Kotok, June 21, 2024

    (The following was first published on Cumberland Advisors’ website and via LISTSERV. For details, visit https://www.cumber.com/.) “How can you govern a country with two hundred thirty-eight varieties of cheese?” “• François Mitterrand, President of France, 1981–1995 Henry Kissinger to Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in 1972: “What do you think of the French revolution?” Zhou: “Too…