Thoughts from the Frontline Archive, February 2015

Debt Be Not Proud
  • February 24, 2015

Debt Be Not Proud

Some things never change. Here is Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, one of the founding intellectuals of the Austrian school of economics, writing in January 1914, lambasting politicians for their complicity in the corruption of monetary policy:

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Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Pension Fund Managers
  • February 15, 2015

Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Pension Fund Managers

We do not have to look to Greece to find massively underfunded obligations. Here in the US we can find hundreds of examples, willingly created by politicians and businessmen who proclaim they are working for the public good. We call them pension funds, but they’re just another form of unfunded debt. A sovereign bond is a promise to pay a certain amount of money over time. A defined-benefit pension fund is a promise to pay a certain amount of income over time. The value of either is determined...

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The Eurozone: Collateral Damage
  • February 8, 2015

The Eurozone: Collateral Damage

Collateral damage. Unintended consequences. Friendly fire. Certainly no one intended to have a global banking meltdown when they let Lehman Bros. go under.

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Portfolio Strategies 2015: Investing in an Age of Divergence
  • February 2, 2015

Portfolio Strategies 2015: Investing in an Age of Divergence

With all the negative news out of Europe, how do you find a positive story? Is there a way to structure a portfolio that gives you permission to be more aggressive when there are danger signs all around? Everyone is worried about being blindsided by a significant downdraft in the markets when maybe we should be thinking about making sure we don’t miss a bull market somewhere. These and several dozen other topics were on the table when the Mauldin Economics writing team gathered here in Dallas...

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