Cumberland's Monday Memo

David Kotok 2.79K Followers Follow Summary With August drawing to a close, U.S. equities endured a volatile risk-off week led by fixed-income market action. Mounting fiscal deficit concerns and rising oil prices combined to push longer-dated Treasury yields to multi-year highs. Looking ahead, this week's direction hinges on a heavy slate of catalysts with Nvidia's Q2 earnings and July PCE inflation data on Wednesday, followed by Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole address on Friday. primeimages/iStock via Getty Images With August drawing to a close, U.S. equities endured a volatile risk-off week led by fixed-income market action. Mounting fiscal deficit concerns and rising oil prices combined to push longer-dated Treasury yields to multi-year highs. Treasury Secretary Bessent attempted This article was written by David Kotok 2.79K Followers Follow David Kotok (Substack: https://dkotok.substack.com) co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and formerly was its Chief Investment Officer and Chairman. He is currently (2026) Strategic Advisor to Cumberland Advisors, LLC. David’s articles and financial market commentaries have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and other publications. He has been a guest/contributor to Bloomberg TV and Radio, Yahoo Finance TV, and other media. He has co-authored five books, the newest one released in 2025, for details: www.thefedandtheflu.com . He holds a B.S. in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in organizational dynamics from The School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.David was Program Chairman and a Director of the Global Interdependence Center (GIC), www.interdependence.org , whose mission is to encourage the expansion of global dialogue and free trade in order to improve cooperation and understanding among nation states, with the goal of reducing international conflicts and improving worldwide living standards. David chaired its Central Banking Series, and he organized a five-continent dialogue held in Cape Town, Hong Kong, Hanoi, Milan, Paris, Philadelphia, Prague, Rome, Santiago, Shanghai, Singapore, Tallinn, and Zambia (Livingstone). He has received the Global Citizen Award from GIC for his efforts. David is a member of the National Business Economics Issues Council (NBEIC). He is currently on the advisory board of RiskBridge Advisors. He has also served as a Commissioner of the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) and on the Treasury Transition Teams for New Jersey Governors Kean and Whitman. Additionally, he has served as a board member of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and as Chairman of the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority.