by John Mauldin | Dec 29, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Should auld acquaintance be forgotand never brought to mind?Should auld acquaintance be forgotand auld lang syne? -Robert Burns It’s that time of year when we start thinking about the old and envisioning the new. This has always been a special season for me,...
by John Mauldin | Dec 22, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
First, let me wish you Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or your favorite personal form of greetings for this time of year. I realize as you read this you are more focused on Christmas and the approaching New Year and family, so this will be a shorter letter than...
by John Mauldin | Dec 15, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
If you really want to reduce the federal debt, you don’t have to convince Congress of anything. You can just write a check. The Treasury Department gladly accepts gifts from anyone so inclined. Few are, apparently. So far this year, donations totaled less than $1...
by John Mauldin | Dec 8, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Don’t Tax You. Don’t Tax Me. Tax That Fellow Behind the Tree –  Attributed to Senator Russell B. Long, Louisiana ~1930s One thing you learn when writing about the debt problem, as I have been in recent weeks, is that many people think it’s not a problem at all....
by John Mauldin | Dec 1, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Back in the Great Financial Crisis era, someone quipped that the federal government had become a giant hedge fund with an army attached. That wasn’t far off. Various agencies and entities were absorbing all kinds of risky assets to stabilize an overleveraged system....
by John Mauldin | Nov 24, 2023 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Thanksgiving brings to mind not only turkeys, family, and friends, but also should help us recall the remarkable ideas and philosophies that helped shape, and indeed were, the foundation for the United States of America as a Republic. In that spirit, we will forgo for...
