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Hello everyone, My name is Matt, and I am a 27-year old Urban Planner from Alexandria, Virginia. I guess this puts me on the cusp of Gen-X/Millenial, but I definitely self-identify with the Millenials much more than with Gen-X. I have been reading John's site since 2005, and it has really changed m...

Why Stocks Still Aren't Cheap - Basic P/E Stuff

Since discovering this site in September or so, I've read your two books, John, as well as skimming through "The Fourth Turning". I understand that timelines can come together if the unraveling era for one group is somehow delayed long enough to allow it to occur. Could you please tell me what a fi...

Matt, That's fantastic work! Thanks! I was actually working on a similar project myself. Do you consider the fall of Communism as a 4th turning in Russia, or do you agree with John that they are in a 5th? Perhaps the wrong thread for such a discussion. Thank you for the kind words. The 'map project...

Countries by Turning:


Countries in Recession (red)/Affected (pink).

Quite honestly, I had expected Japan to be better off than this, because they'd already gone through a generational stock market crash. I guess you never really get over a generational stock market crash until you've had a major war. That's more or less what I've been saying. Ultimately, the genera...

What do you get when you cross a nihilistic borderline "tail end of the boomers start of the Gen X ers" Marxist, and the presidency of the United States? It appears we are about to find out. Given that Marxists tend to believe that you have to dismantle the capitalist system before you can get the ...