by John Mauldin | Nov 20, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
In baseball, there is a situation where a base runner is sprinting to home plate and can’t see what is happening behind him. Totally focused on scoring, he doesn’t know if the outfielder is throwing a ball that will reach home plate first. That’s where we get the...
by John Mauldin | Nov 13, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Last week I talked about the polls misleading us. I, for one, didn’t see a high probability of a Biden presidency combined with a Republican Senate. But, pending recounts, legal actions, and some run-off elections, that’s probably what will happen. We will muddle...
by John Mauldin | Nov 6, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Here in Puerto Rico we are now an hour ahead of Eastern Time, as we don’t do daylight savings time. I stayed up much later than normal on election night to watch the returns. I knew fairly early, when Florida and North Carolina looked so close, we weren’t going to see...
by John Mauldin | Oct 30, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” —Sir Isaac Newton, 1675 If you feel a bit overwhelmed, you’re not alone. A lot is happening right now. The US has a big election next week. We’re all on edge about the pandemic, which appears to be...
by John Mauldin | Oct 23, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Appearing on 60 Minutes, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke said the recession’s end was in sight because the Fed’s asset purchases were generating “green shoots.” They turned out to be slow-growing shoots. The US unemployment rate kept getting worse for seven more months...
