The 2026 Landscape
The Global Restructuring
John Mauldin says we are “living through the death of the old global order, and the birth of the Global Reorder.” The trade wars are permanent... China’s decoupling from the West is accelerating... Europe is rearming... the Middle East is a mess... AI is rewriting competitive advantages faster than analysts can model them.
The macro environment that rewarded passive indexing and globalization bets for two decades is gone—and investors still playing by those rules are getting left behind.
At SIC 2026, dozens of macro analysts, portfolio managers, and strategists came together to break down exactly how this new environment is reshaping markets, and what investors must do differently now.
Inside the transcripts from SIC 2026, you’ll find their full thinking, in their own words—giving you the clarity to position and protect your portfolio.
Matt Ridley David Rosenberg Liz Ann Sonders David Bahnsen Joe Lonsdale Jim Bianco Tyler Cowen Danielle DiMartino Booth George Friedman Louis-Vincent Gave Barry Habib Ben Hunt Lacy Hunt John Mauldin Bruce Mehlman Peter Turchin …and many more
Here’s what you’ll receive with SIC 2026 – The Collected Transcripts:
5 full days of high-level presentations, expert panels and discussions from our speakers.
Complete transcripts of every session, so you can revisit the insights anytime, on any device, or in print.
Presenter slides and charts to add further context and depth to the written transcripts (as available).
Confirmed speakers
35+ Speakers: John Mauldin’s “Ultimate Fantasy Dinner Table”
That’s what John described this year’s SIC line-up. The transcripts capture conversations with former Fed advisors, chief economists, geopolitical strategists, and portfolio managers responsible for billions in capital.
Click on a speaker to read their bio.
Renè Aninao
Managing Partner
CORBŪ LLC
David Bahnsen
Founder, Managing Partner & CIO
The Bahnsen Group
James Bianco
President and Macro Strategist
Bianco Research
Peter Boockvar
Chief Investment Officer, One Point BFG Wealth Partners
Editor of The Boock Report
Ram Charan
Author
China's 90% Model
Tyler Cowen
Professor of Economics
George Mason University
Ed D'Agostino
Partner & COO
Mauldin Economics
Jeff deGraaf
Chairman and Head of Technical Research
Renaissance Macro Research
Danielle DiMartino Booth
CEO & Chief Strategist
QI Research
Jared Dillian
Co-Founder and Chief Market Strategist
Jared Dillian Money
Douglas M. Fears
Chief Operating Officer
Artis Magi
George Friedman
Founder and Chairman
Geopolitical Futures
Olivier Garret
Founding Partner & CEO
Mauldin Economics
Louis-Vincent Gave
Founding Partner and CEO
Gavekal
Barry Habib
Founder and CEO
MBS Highway
Mark Halperin
Editor-in-Chief
2WAY Interactive Inc.
Dr. Michael Howell
Founder and Managing Director
CrossBorder Capital
Lyric Hughes Hale
Director of Research
Hale Strategic
Ben Hunt
President and Co-founder at Perscient
author of Epsilon Theory
Lacy Hunt
Executive VP and Chief Economist
Hoisington Investment Management Co. (HIMCO)
Joe Liemandt
Principal, Alpha School
Founder, Trilogy
Joe Lonsdale
Founder and Managing Partner
8VC
John Mauldin
Co-Founder
Mauldin Economics
Stephen McBride
Co-Founder
The Rational Optimist Society
Bruce P. Mehlman
Founder & CEO
Mehlman Consulting
Mark Mills
Founder and Executive Director
National Center for Energy Analytics
Nathan Mintz
CEO and Co-Founder
CX2
Brett Rampal
Senior Director of Nuclear and Power Strategy
Veriten
Matt Ridley
Author, Speaker
David Rosenberg
Founder and President
Rosenberg Research
Jacob Shapiro
Independent Geopolitical Analyst
Liz Ann Sonders
Chief Investment Strategist
Schwab Center for Financial Research
Chase Taylor
Founder, Pinecone Macro Research
Head of Research, Bulwark Capital
Peter Turchin
Project Leader
Complexity Science Hub, Vienna
Jamie Wedderburn
Co-Founder
Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering
Ed Yardeni
President
Yardeni Research
Joshua Young
Chief Investment Officer and Founder
Bison Interests
The Panels
Seven multi-perspective panels covering the defining forces reshaping global markets.
Featured Panel
The Market's Verdict on Conflict, Rates, and Crisis
Renè Aninao
CORBŪ LLC
David Bahnsen
The Bahnsen Group
Ed D'Agostino
Moderator
At some point, everything runs into the same test: the market. Renè Aninao and David Bahnsen bring a first-principles, market-first lens to geopolitics, policy, and investing. This conversation will explore how inflation, rates, fiscal strain, and global conflict ultimately meet their test in the capital markets—and why capital, not policy, decides what can be sustained.
Featured Panel
AI, Defense, and the New Battlefield
Stephen McBride
The Rational Optimist Society
Nathan Mintz
CX2
Jamie Wedderburn
Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering
AI is already reshaping defense, supply chains, and industrial policy in real time. Stephen McBride, Nathan Mintz, and Jamie Wedderburn, examine how these technologies are being deployed — what it means for capital flows, competitive advantage, and the future of entire industries. Once technology moves into defense, it doesn't stay contained. It spreads outward into the broader economy.
Featured Panel
Energy at the Center of Power: Oil, Gas, Power, and New Global Demand
Mark Mills
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Brett Rampal
Veriten
Joshua Young
Bison Interests
John Mauldin
Moderator
Energy has become the chokepoint for geopolitics. AI data centers, infrastructure, and national security. Mark Mills, Brett Rampal, and Joshua Young walk through what rising demand, constrained supply, and policy shifts mean for markets, and where durable long-term opportunities may be emerging.
Featured Panel
Markets Under Pressure: Investing Amidst War, Crisis, and Disruption
Jared Dillian
Jared Dillian Money
Jeff deGraaf
Renaissance Macro Research
Ed D'Agostino
Moderator
Jared Dillian and Jeff deGraaf bring a trader’s-eye view to a market being hit by war, inflation, liquidity shifts, and sharp moves in rates and commodities. Together, they’ll break down what the market is really saying now, and what investors may be missing if they focus only on the headlines.
Featured Panel
China's Tightrope: Energy, Control, and the Global Order
Lyric Hughes Hale
EconVue
Ram Charan
Author, China's 90% Model
Ed D'Agostino
Moderator
China is trying to juggle weak growth, political control, and an immense appetite for resources in a world that's turning more hostile. Lyric Hughes Hale and Ram Charan examine where China can still surprise to the upside, where it's structurally constrained, and how that shapes opportunities and risks across commodities, currencies, and global equities.
Featured Panel
Misreading the Map: Geopolitics, Energy Flows, and What Breaks Next
Jacob Shapiro
Independent Geopolitical Analyst
Chase Taylor
Pinecone Macro Research
Ed D'Agostino
Moderator
Jacob Shapiro and Chase Taylor examine how leaders misread national imperatives, how that miscalculation reshapes conflict and markets, and why energy chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz can move from theory to crisis in a hurry. They’ll connect war risk, oil and LNG flows, sanctions, and the broader macro consequences.
Featured Panel
Surviving the Global Restructuring: What Comes Next
John Mauldin
Mauldin Economics
David Bahnsen
The Bahnsen Group
Tyler Cowen
George Mason University
Ed D'Agostino
Moderator
Bruce P. Mehlman
Mehlman Consulting
The system that defined the last several decades, trade, capital flows, relative stability, is shifting in ways that aren’t fully predictable yet. John Mauldin, David Bahnsen, and Tyler Cowen will take a step back and look at the bigger picture: What’s breaking. What’s holding. And what may emerge on the other side. Not forecasts in the traditional sense, but frameworks for thinking clearly in a world that’s becoming less certain, and more interesting.
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