by John Mauldin | Apr 30, 2021 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
We did the first Strategic Investment Conference 18 years ago. I remember one of the partners in the firm that cohosted the event telling me as I walked up to the stage, “John, it doesn’t get any better than this. Don’t screw it up.” He was wrong. Every year the...
by John Mauldin | Apr 23, 2021 | alerts, Markets/Economy
In economic forecasting, reality is usually somewhere between the extremes. The best-case and worst-case rarely happen. That’s why, when they do happen, markets react so quickly to the “missed expectations.” I saw this early in my career. Realizing we will “muddle...
by John Mauldin | Apr 16, 2021 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
A tsunami is a wall of water that wipes out everything in its path, typically caused by earthquakes. But first, the water actually disappears from the usual shoreline, leaving land where there should be sea. A tsunami is a wall of water that wipes out everything in...
by John Mauldin | Apr 9, 2021 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Recently I searched the Thoughts from the Frontline archives to see how often I used the word “bubble.” It was more than I thought, and I wasn’t quoting Don Ho. The bubbles I talked about were anything but tiny. Most of them subsequently popped, too. For most people,...
by John Mauldin | Apr 2, 2021 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
The last year brought exponential growth in, among other things, use of the word “exponential.” It is now the go-to term when you want to say something is “growing super-fast.” I’ve got to admit it’s getting better (Better)A little better all the time (It...
