David Kotok

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Here you will find David Kotok’s latest posts on a wide variety of topics, some of which include finance, investing and the economy, local and global issues, dining, and fishing, just to mention a few. Don’t miss a thing – Join our email list:

• President “Fiscal” and the Road Ahead
  (Please note: The Kotok Report is now also available on Substack at https://dkotok.substack.com.) We will discuss the Israel-Iran war in coming Kotok Report posts. I would like to preface this Sunday’s commentary by wishing a happy 52nd Anniversary to Cumberland Advisors and a happy Father’s Day to all the dads in our readership. Let’s open today’s… Read more: President “Fiscal” and the Road Ahead
• Inflation and the Fed
  (Please note: The Kotok Report is now also available on Substack at https://dkotok.substack.com.) Dear Reader,    Do you really think that inflation is tame enough for the Fed to start cutting rates? Take two minutes to look at the data. Here’s the Atlanta Fed’s compilation of various inflation estimators: “Inflation Project: Underlying Inflation Dashboard,” https://www.atlantafed.org/research/inflationproject/underlying-inflation-dashboard.aspx I have excerpted… Read more: Inflation and the Fed
• Anatomy of an Actual Trade
  (Please note: The Kotok Report is now also available on Substack at https://dkotok.substack.com.) First, a disclosure. Today’s missive is a reference to an actual trade that was done in my personal account. I’m using it as an example of possible market dysfunction in the present regime and as an example of how, for me, that presented… Read more: Anatomy of an Actual Trade
• Whalen and Kotok: Can History Light the Way?
  I am pleased to announce that the Kotok Report is now also available on Substack at https://dkotok.substack.com. Readers can choose to subscribe at Substack or at www.kotokreport.com. Now let’s turn to today’s missive. In his newly released second edition of Inflated: Money, Debt, and the American Dream (https://www.rcwhalen.com/inflated), my friend R. Christopher Whalen has provided an update to his important history… Read more: Whalen and Kotok: Can History Light the Way?
• Kotok Quick Take: Rick Newman on US Default Risk
  “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it.” – Elon Musk Market-based prices tell us that the risk of a US default is higher than zero. I comment on Rick Newman’s must-read June 3 Yahoo Finance piece on default risk and what it’s costing us.… Read more: Kotok Quick Take: Rick Newman on US Default Risk