John Hussman

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John Hussman is a seasoned economist, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is the President and Principal Shareholder of Hussman Strategic Advisors, the strategic advisory firm that manages the Hussman Funds. Previously, he was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics and International Finance at the University of Michigan and the Michigan Business School. His academic research has focused on financial market efficiency and information economics. Hussman has repeatedly made headlines by predicting a stock-market decline exceeding 60% and forecasting a full decade of negative equity returns.

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In the mid-1980s, he worked as an options mathematician for Peters & Company at the Chicago Board of Trade.
In 1988, he began publishing the Hussman Econometrics newsletter.
He has been featured or quoted in Yahoo! Finance, Business Insider, and MarketWatch.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.

He predicted in March 2000 that tech stocks would plunge 83%, then the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index lost an "improbably precise" 83% during a period from 2000 to 2002.
He predicted in 2000 that the S&P 500 would likely see negative total returns over the following decade, which it did.
He predicted in April 2007 that the S&P 500 could lose 40%, then it lost 55% in the subsequent collapse from 2007 to 2009.

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Hussman is Executive Director and President of the Hussman Institute for Autism.
He established the John P. Hussman Foundation, a 501(c)(3) private foundation that supports medical research, education, and direct assistance to vulnerable individuals with urgent needs or significant disabilities.
He is passionate about funding research and treatment of autism and other life-altering conditions, and providing assistance relating to global health, disease eradication, literacy, and education in developing countries.

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