Technology Surprise - cyber-crooks are targeting Facebook. This is like shooting fish in a barrel, but Facebook participants won’t understand that until it’s too late. They are busy throwing up pages in a vain attempt to garner attention, and have to figure out that the barrel is already...

The Fed will launch the Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) to inspire US consumers to go into more debt, with the hopes of sparking life into the economy. MarketWatch reports: A new lending program from the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury could generate up to $1 trillion in loans for...

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (February 9 – 15, 2009) “Words from the Wise” this week comes to you from my abode in a visibly depressed Europe, from where I am compiling this report as welcome relief from gloomy conversations with taxi drivers and cheerless mea...

FACT SHEET FINANCIAL STABILITY PLAN David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. 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 ...

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 15 - 21, 2008) “Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity [greed!] is what is doing us in,� said James Reston, former New York Times journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner. Another chapter in deali...

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (November 24 - 30, 2008) The holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week brought investors an additional item to be thankful for when stock markets closed higher for five consecutive trading days - a rare winning streak last accomplished in July 2007. T...