Money and Finance
- John Mauldin: A Gold Standard?
There are times, my friends Michael Lewitt and Dr. Lacy Hunt agreed today at lunch, when the study of economics is best informed by a sound knowledge of history. Indeed, Michael's son wants to follow his father into the finance world, and Michael...
- John Mauldin: All Spain All The Time
Last Monday I was in Paris and was asked to do a spot on CNBC London. I arrived at the studios an hour early due to a misunderstanding of the time zones, so while trying to catch up on the news I listened to CNBC. I had just written about Spain in last...
- John Mauldin: Print Or Perish
Europe is again at center stage. At conferences and meetings and in private conversations, it is the topic of the hour. I have thought a lot this week about Europe and its impact, so once again we delve into what is an evolving situation. This time, we...
- John Mauldin: An Economy At Stall Speed
The GDP numbers for the second quarter came in, and there is no way to spin them as anything but ugly. And the revisions were worse. We simply have to take a few pages to look at them. And, as I noted last Monday in the Outside the Box, I met with some...
- 2 Buys And 2 Option Transactions
I've been missing from the blog world for most of the last 2 weeks due to our trip to Nashville and then once I got home my mom needed to be taken to the emergency room and was then admitted to the hospital. My mom's since been released and...
Money and Finance
John Mauldin: Daddy's Home
I have often said that when someone is appointed to be a member of the Federal Reserve, they are taken into a back room and given a complete DNA change. They simply are not like you and me once they step out of that room, with the exception of Fisher and Lacker and a few colleagues who seem to be able to resist the infection. This week we will look at the recent action of the Fed and use that as a springboard to think about how effective Fed policy can be in an age of deleveraging. And if there is time, we simply must look at Europe. I started this letter in Texas and will finish it this morning in Spain.
- John Mauldin: A Gold Standard?
There are times, my friends Michael Lewitt and Dr. Lacy Hunt agreed today at lunch, when the study of economics is best informed by a sound knowledge of history. Indeed, Michael's son wants to follow his father into the finance world, and Michael...
- John Mauldin: All Spain All The Time
Last Monday I was in Paris and was asked to do a spot on CNBC London. I arrived at the studios an hour early due to a misunderstanding of the time zones, so while trying to catch up on the news I listened to CNBC. I had just written about Spain in last...
- John Mauldin: Print Or Perish
Europe is again at center stage. At conferences and meetings and in private conversations, it is the topic of the hour. I have thought a lot this week about Europe and its impact, so once again we delve into what is an evolving situation. This time, we...
- John Mauldin: An Economy At Stall Speed
The GDP numbers for the second quarter came in, and there is no way to spin them as anything but ugly. And the revisions were worse. We simply have to take a few pages to look at them. And, as I noted last Monday in the Outside the Box, I met with some...
- 2 Buys And 2 Option Transactions
I've been missing from the blog world for most of the last 2 weeks due to our trip to Nashville and then once I got home my mom needed to be taken to the emergency room and was then admitted to the hospital. My mom's since been released and...