Hussman Has Trouble With Returns, And "Ponzi Economy"

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Mark Melin
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As Goldman Sachs issues a report predicting the economy and the stock market trend will continue higher, mutual fund manager and economic critic John Hussman has a problem with what he considers the “Ponzi Economy.” Hussman notes the impact on the US standard of living Hussman observes that since the late 1990s a fundamental economic shift has occurred, impacting the US standard of living. This shift, as seen in a buckling in labor force participation, which is at a 15 year real low, has been obfuscated by an economy that appears on the surface quite stable. Hussman hits at the key…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.