Ever since his breakthrough book, Bull's Eye Investing: Targeting Real Returns in a Smoke and Mirrors Market (Wiley, 2004), best-selling author, analyst, and financial writer John Mauldin has been helping individual investors and institutions develop a clearer understanding of the forces driving the global economy and investment markets.

In addition to his public writings, John is a sought-after advisor to large hedge funds and to leading money managers.

John is also the cosponsor of an annual conference in California featuring a literal Who's Who in the world of economics and investments, with past faculty members including Mohammed El-Erian of Pimco, Harvard-based economist Niall Ferguson, Dr. Marc Faber, Lacy Hunt of Hoisington Investment Management, Neil Howe, Dr. A. Gary Shilling, and many more.