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Month: August 2016

Market Talk – August 11, 2016

Yet another rather uneventful session made even worse by the fact that Japan had a national holiday. Early trading in the Shanghai tended to follow the weak US...

Private Blog – Gold & the Slingshot

Private Blog Gold & the...

Thomson Reuters Leak on over 2 million records of People & Firms they say are Questionable

There has been a major leak of a list of “suspected” people who maybe criminals with links to profiles individuals and businesses suspected of ties to...

The Choice of Two Evils

The elections are just insane. There is not much of a choice and nobody who really knows anything about anything is willing to stand for election. Those with...

Italy’s Referendum

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You said other nations would follow Britain. It appears that Italy is doing so with their referendum. Is this correct? You are very famous...

Private Blog Update on Gold

Private Blog Update on...

Market Talk – August 10th, 2016

  A weaker opening for the Nikkei was off-set by better than expect economic data (Machine Orders) by lunchtime. The majority of the afternoon trading was in...

IMF & Gold Reserves

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; People are adamant that there is a move to return to the gold standard. They claim various scenarios. Is there any such plot by the IMF and...

Europe on the Brink of Complete Chaos?

There are so many incidents with the refugee crisis in Europe that the blog could be filled with that subject alone. Even the press in Germany is starting to shift...

Is Value Investing a Safe Bet?

QUESTION: What do you think of value investing? Bob ANSWER: As with everything, a cycle that you have to understand will unfold. Everything will move to extremes...