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Who Took My Easy Button?

John Mauldin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:29:31 +0000

Thoughts From the Frontline Newsletter
by John Mauldin | February 4, 2012

Who Took My Easy Button?
Putting a Good Employment Number in Perspective
When a College Education Isn't Enough
We're All Turning Greek
Who Can Afford Health Care?

Everyone knows by now that the US is facing difficult choices. Depending on what assumptions you use, the unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare are between $50 and $80 trillion and rising. It really doesn't matter, as there is no way that much money ...

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The Transparency Trap

John Mauldin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:49:19 +0000

Thoughts From the Frontline Newsletter
By John Mauldin | January 28, 2012

The Transparency Trap
Tell Us What You Think We Want to Hear
A Very Soft GDP Number
Central Banks: A High-Wire Balancing Act
What Does It All Mean?
A Few Thoughts on LTRO
Greek Exhaustion Syndrome
Cape Town, Stockholm, Geneva, Paris, and London

This week we take a brief pause in our series on the choices facing the developed world to look at some items that are catching my attention. We will get back to the US next week, as so...

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Staring into the Abyss

John Mauldin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:43:16 +0000

Thoughts From the Frontline Newsletter

by John Mauldin | January 21, 2012

Choices, Debt, and the Endgame
Staring into the Abyss
An Unintended Consequence
A Preview of Coming Attractions
Hallucinogenic Data and Other Fun Activities
Gentlemen, Choose Your Disaster
What Europe Should Do
South Africa and Sweden

"If we want everything to stay as it is, everything will have to change."

- from The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lamedusa

"The crisis takes a much longer time coming than you think, and then it...

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The End of Europe?

John Mauldin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:48:50 +0000

Thoughts From the Frontline Newsletter

by John Mauldin | January 14, 2012

Solving the Mayan Code
To Solve the Crisis You Must Solve Three Problems
Getting Simple About Europe
How Much Risk Do You Want in a Government Bond?
Do You Have a Spare EUR1.5 Trillion?
Singapore, Cape Town, and Thoughts on Hong Kong

One of the interesting things about being in Hong Kong is that I get to see the weekend edition of the Financial Times 12 hours early. And the headlines were not all that pleasant. As I prom...

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2012: A Year of Choices

John Mauldin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:53:51 +0000

Thoughts From the Frontline Newsletter

by John Mauldin | January 7, 2012

The Consequences of Path Dependency
There's No Going Back
The End of the Debt Supercycle
The Time for Hard Choices
Hong Kong, Singapore, Bloomberg, and a Personal Note

Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side;
Some great cause, some great decision, offering each the bloom or blight,
And the choice goes by forever, 'twixt that darkness and that...

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Taking the Blinders Off Your Trading Mind

randehowell, TraderPlanet.com — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:53:02 +0000

Taking the Blinders Off the Trading Mind

After investing significant personal and financial resources into your commitment to trading, what stops you from breaking through to successful trading? Is it your methodology? Is it your platform? Or is it the way you interact with the markets through your methodology and platform?

Until you stop chasing trading success externally you will remain locked in a mindset that keeps trading success at a distance like a mirage in the desert. You know th...

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Collateral Damage

John Mauldin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:50:27 +0000

Thoughts From the Frontline Newsletter

By John Mauldin | December 31, 2011

What Next? Where Next?
A World with Too Much Debt
Debt Restructuring and Write-Offs
The Euro Zone: Pouring Fuel on the Flames
What If... ?
The Year Ahead
Auld Lang Syne

"Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse."
- Heraclitus, Fragments

Which path will we take? If we could only grow our way out of our sovereign debt problems. But growing debt creates even more problems if not dealt w...

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The Center Cannot Hold

John Mauldin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:39:00 +0000

Thoughts From the Frontline Newsletter

by John Mauldin | December 17, 2011

The Center Cannot Hold
Where Is My Return to the Mean?
The High Cost of Leaving
Some Quick Thoughts on the Keystone XL Pipeline
Look Over My Shoulder for Forecast 2012
LA, NYC, Hong Kong, and Singapore

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of inn...

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Simplicity: Why Don't We Appreciate It?

RealityTrader, TraderPlanet.com — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:41:43 +0000

There is one curious phenomenon that I observe for a long while. You see, my trading approach is fairly simple . It's a few chart formations, reading the volume, assigning a transparent and logical structure to the setup and following the standard procedure once a trade is triggered. I admire the simplicity, I enjoy it, and I am a fan of an old phrase by Leonardo: Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication.

Yet time and again I encounter people disappointed by how simple my trading appr...

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A Player to Be Named Later

John Mauldin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:54:39 +0000

Thoughts From the Frontline

by John Mauldin | December 10, 2011

A Player to Be Named Later
You Can Check Out but You Cant Leave
Germany Is Saying that Europe Needs a Dad
An Empty Seat at the Table
Germany Takes the Long View
New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Lights

We have come to the end of yet another European Summit that was supposed to be the one to fix the problem. If you are confused as to what happened then you are not alone. Was it something we will look back on in ten years and say...

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