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TheLionintheGrass
ValueinvestinginanAgeofUncertainty
APresentationbyJohnMauldin
AuthorofENDGAMEandEditorof
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Therearedecadeswhennothinghappens andthereareweekswhendecadeshappen
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FredericBastiat:
Intheeconomicsphereanact,ahabit,aninstitution,alawproducesnotonly oneeffect,butaseriesofeffects.Oftheseeffects,thefirstaloneis immediate;itappearssimultaneouslywithitscause; itisseen. Theother effectsemergeonlysubsequently;theyarenotseen; wearefortunateifwe foresee them. Thereisonlyonedifferencebetweenabadeconomistandagoodone:the badeconomistconfineshimselftothevisible effect;thegoodeconomist takesintoaccountboththeeffectthatcanbeseenandthoseeffectsthat mustbeforeseen. Yetthisdifferenceistremendous;foritalmostalwayshappensthatwhenthe immediateconsequenceisfavorable,thelaterconsequencesaredisastrous, andviceversa.Whenceitfollowsthatthebadeconomistpursuesasmall presentgoodthatwillbefollowedbyagreateviltocome,whilethegood economistpursuesagreatgoodtocome,attheriskofasmallpresentevil.
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JohnMaynardKeynes
The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.
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TheGreatExperiment
AFewLongTermTrends
1. The End of the Debt Supercycle 2. The End of the Secular Bear Market 3. The Millennium Wave 4. Demographic Destiny 5. The Rise of Asia and the Diminishing of Europe
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LetsThinkAbout CertaintyVersusRisk
WeModelRiskandIgnoreUncertainty YetUncertaintyistheBiggestDriverof ourPortfolios
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