John Mauldin

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• Wildness Lies in Wait

  Published 30 April 2005 | viewed 7,014 times

  This week we look at the "The Triumph of Irrational Expectations over Long Run Experience." It is a cautionary tale, but enjoyable in the telling,…

• The More Things Change

  Published 23 April 2005 | viewed 7,618 times

  This is the text of a speech given at the Accelerating Change 2004 conference at Stanford University. The conference organizers asked me to look out…

• Forecast: The Next Ten Years

  Published 16 April 2005 | viewed 9,073 times

  This week we look at how politics and geopolitical events can affect our investments. We look at a decade-long forecast from one of my favorite…

• Unexpected Returns

  Published 09 April 2005 | viewed 6,687 times

  Writing on the train to Yorkshire from London, I am surrounded by a gorgeous English countryside on a beautiful spring day. Life has its moments.…

• $100 Oil is the Solution

  Published 02 April 2005 | viewed 10,936 times

  How can we go from oil priced in the low teens only a few years ago to oil now holding steady in the mid-50s? This…

• The New Retirement Model

  Published 19 March 2005 | viewed 9,782 times

  It seems like every week I get a letter from a reader asking questions along the following line: "How can I make a lot of…

• The Trade Deficit End-Game

  Published 12 March 2005 | viewed 7,160 times

  This week we finish with our series on the US trade deficit. When will we see a real problem? What are the likely results from…

• Why Trade Deficits Matter

  Published 05 March 2005 | viewed 6,121 times

  We have been looking at the US trade deficit and the global trade imbalance for the past two weeks. It is currently an unsustainable trend,…

• The Dollar as the Old Maid

  Published 26 February 2005 | viewed 6,620 times

  This week we continue to look at the imbalance in global trade and the US trade deficit. What are the ramifications for the dollar? I…

• Bretton Woods, Part Two

  Published 19 February 2005 | viewed 6,300 times

  "Another G-7 meeting has come and gone. And what has been accomplished? Next to nothing, in my view. The club of the world's wealthiest nations…

• Social Securitys Flawed Assumption

  Published 05 February 2005 | viewed 6,520 times

  Social Security in the US (and the equivalent in Europe and Japan), as well as some pension plans, might be in far worse shape than…

• Insiders Send a Signal

  Published 29 January 2005 | viewed 8,157 times

  Is the US stock market rolling over? What are insider investors telling us? Are there sectors that might run counter to the overall trend? We…

• China: One Coin, Two Faces

  Published 22 January 2005 | viewed 6,735 times

  This week we begin what will be a series of occasional letters on China. The topic, like the country, is so vast that it cannot…

• The Problem of the Endgame

  Published 15 January 2005 | viewed 4,528 times

  Last week we looked at my 2005 Forecast. This week, we ponder the far more interesting question of where I could (or will be!) be…

• Forecast 2005: The See-Saw Economy

  Published 08 January 2005 | viewed 6,285 times

  Once again it's time for me to demonstrate the foolhardy part of my nature by putting to electronic pen my forecast for 2005. I spend…

• America's Creativity Crisis

  Published 31 December 2004 | viewed 4,189 times

  We start the year off with a little controversy. This week we take the long view of a problem created by current government policy as…

• The Canary in the Coal Mine

  Published 18 December 2004 | viewed 5,499 times

  English coal miners, starting around 1911, would put a canary in the coal mine to warn them of air quality problems. This practice of two…

• Greenspan: Be Careful What You Ask For

  Published 11 December 2004 | viewed 5,430 times

  Be careful what you ask for, the ancient wisdom says, because you just might get it. The world markets are asking for a return to…

• Don't Confuse Me With the Facts

  Published 03 December 2004 | viewed 4,292 times

  Why do we do the things we do? How can two people, or even large groups, look at the same set of facts and come…

• Things That Go Bump in My Worry Closet

  Published 20 November 2004 | viewed 4,806 times

  From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! --Old Scottish Prayer Coming back from…