JOHN MAULDIN is Chairman of Mauldin Economics (www.MauldinEconomics.com), an economic and investment strategy research firm, and President of Millennium Wave Investments, a U.S. registered investment advisor and FINRA registered broker-dealer. John is a renowned financial expert, a New York Times bestselling author, a pioneering online commentator, and the publisher of Thoughts from the Frontline, one of the first publications to provide investors with free, unbiased information and guidance and one of the most widely read investment newsletters in the world. Each week a million readers turn to John Mauldin to gain a better understanding of Wall Street, global markets, and the drivers of the world economy. John is a regular contributor to several financial publications and is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, and Yahoo's Daily Ticker. He is a keynote speaker at conferences around the world. John is the father of seven children (five adopted) and lives in a high rise in Dallas, Texas. JONATHAN TEPPER is the Chief Investment Officer of Prevatt Capital. He is the founder of Variant Perception. Formerly, he was an analyst at SAC Capital and a Vice President on the proprietary trading desk at Bank of America. Jonathan is the author of Endgame, Code Red, and The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition. He is a Rhodes Scholar and graduated with highest honors in history and honors in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has an MLitt in modern history from the University of Oxford.