John Mauldin is far too much of a gentleman to say “I told you so,” but he would certainly be within his rights to do so. When Mauldin published the original Bull’s Eye Investing in 2003, he made his case that U.S. stocks were in the early stages of a secular bear market.  Today, nearly a...Read More

I read a fact this week that I never expected to read in my lifetime: “The Japanese government is expected to announce Wednesday that the country recorded its first annual trade deficit since 1980″ (see ” End of Era for Japan’s Exports “). Trade deficit? Japan? Japan’s economy has been a slow-motion train wreck for...Read More