The market value of the S&P of $12.7T represents 83% of GDP, writes David Kotok. For comparison, it was 47% at the 2009 bottom, 98% at the 2007 top, and 129% at the epic 2000 top. The ratio can change ...

Fiscal policy is expanding. Monetary policy is flat to easy. The inflation rate in the United States is somewhere between 1.5 and 2.0 percent. David R. Kotok, Chief Investment Officer/Co-Founder, ...

Gold is up 54% so far this year, on track for its best year since 1979, according to FactSet. Keep in mind that was a time ...

For something that the pundit universe uniformly says doesn't matter - the Moody's downgrade of the U.S. debt rating - Monday kicks off with stocks and importantly bonds lower as well. More on that in ...

A healthy dose of fear has re-entered financial markets in the final three months of the year. The Chicago Board Options Exchange VIX, a widely tracked measure of market volatility, rose to a ...

David Kotok was up around 6 a.m this morning to read the headlines and check trading activity in Europe and Asia. It’s been a “nonstop” day since then, he said. The 82-year-old has run his investment ...

Within minutes of opening this morning, the Dow plummeted more than a thousand points. It was the largest point loss ever during a trading day. When the markets closed, things were at a slightly less ...

Chairman and CIO of Cumberland Advisors David Kotok sent out a note over the weekend discussing the sheer amount of refinancing facing the Euro area in coming months and the difficulties that may ...

S&P 1100 was tested several times and has demonstrated support, so Cumberland's David Kotok thinks "the potential for an upward move in stock prices is huge." Financial stocks, particularly regional ...

Cygnus Asset Management co-founder Lisa McIntire Shaw says the discussions with top economists at Camp Kotok has made her more optimistic about the economy. Charlotte investment adviser Lisa McIntire ...

Happy Fed day, in what will be a momentous decision not just for the fact that it will herald the beginning of an interest rate-cutting cycle but for the uncertainty over the magnitude of the ...