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Month: May 2014

Paul Volcker and the move Toward a New Bretton Woods

Paul Volcker spoke at the annual meeting of the Bretton Woods Committee in Washington on May 21st, 2014 (yes once a committee is forms it lives forever). His...

The Peons Strike Back

Scientists from CERN and MIT create encrypted email. Only concern – US involvement. One phone call to MIT and will it still be...

Gold & the Black Market & $50,000

QUESTION: Martin, I’ve written you a few times and greatly appreciate the replies and posts on your blog. As I have mentioned before, I worked for a metals...

COMMERCE DEPARTMENT 1st QUARTER NUMBERS

  The Commerce Departed originally put out 0.1% but it was revised to -1%. The economic growth has been marginal for the last year because we are seeing (1)...

Gold For the Close of May

Gold is moving into the June seasonal low on schedule. A closing for the month on a Nearest Futures basis tomorrow below 1251 should result in the sharp decline. A...

Precious Metals

QUESTION: Hi Martin, As someone who was taken in by the gold and silver bugs and went all in 3 years ago I am now left out of pocket and can’t sell my...

Currency Inflation & What Does That Mean.

A number of questions have come in about the precious metals and real estate along side the stock market. Precious metals have their place. As long as you trade...

Will the USA Break-Up? Will all assets rise? How does this really work?

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, As I continue to read your blog, I have to wonder if America will survive the coming hardships.  America is split about 50-50 politically...

Is US Economy Turning Down?

The first quarter numbers showed a contraction with first reading of gross domestic product (GDP) coming in at an annualized rate of just 0.1%. This steep...

One World Currency- From their Crack in the Wall

QUESTION: Marty, I want to thank you for saving me from the nonsense of the goldbugs. They go on and on about one-world governments and manipulations and that is...