Join Us at the 2023 World Economic Conference in Orlando, Florida!

? Dates: November 17, 18, and 19 ? Location: Orlando, Florida, USA (or tune in from home with our virtual ticket options)

Are you ready to unlock the future of economics and finance? Prepare for an unforgettable World Economic Conference experience in sunny Orlando, Florida! This premier event is your gateway to insights, networking, and valuable resources that will supercharge your understanding of the global economy.

?️ What’s Included for In-Person Attendees:

1. Event Admission: Enjoy reserved seating assigned based on the order of ticket sales, ensuring you have a prime view of every presentation.
2. Presentation Slides: Gain access to the presentation slides from all speakers, allowing you to delve deeper into the topics discussed.
3. Video Recording: Can’t make it to a session? No worries! You’ll receive access to video recordings of all conference presentations, so you can catch up at your convenience.
4. WEC Event App: Connect with the conference on a whole new level. Access presentation slides, bonus reports, recordings, and more via the official WEC Event App.
5. Bonus Conference Materials: Get a package of bonus conference-related materials, including exclusive bonus reports and videos (as provided by Martin Armstrong).
6. Morning Information Sessions: Don’t miss out on important morning information sessions, screened on-site in the meeting room on Saturday and Sunday.
7. Networking Opportunities: Exclusive access to the Event App Networking Feature allows you to connect with fellow attendees, both in-person and virtual, fostering valuable professional relationships.
8. Culinary Delights: Savor delicious breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday, prepared to keep you energized throughout the day.
9. Cocktail Reception: Kick off the conference in style at our Friday evening cocktail reception. Meet and mingle with fellow attendees while enjoying refreshing drinks.
10. Swag Bag: As a token of our appreciation, each in-person attendee will receive a swag bag filled with goodies, including an Armstrong Economics notebook, pen, and an event collector’s mug!

Unable to travel? We also have two different ticket options for those wishing to attend virtually! 

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a global gathering of economic and financial minds. Secure your spot at the World Economic Conference in Orlando, Florida, and gain the knowledge, connections, and resources you need to thrive in the world of finance and economics.

Space is limited, so act now and reserve your seat! Visit our Events page to register and join us in sunny Orlando this November.

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The eBook will be available shortly.

The second edition of “The Plot to Seize Russia – The Untold History” is now available for purchase in paperback and hardcover on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The ebook will be available shortly.

Book description:

“Take care of Russia,” Boris Yeltsin said as he departed his presidency in August 1999. These words were directed at current Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Yeltsin specifically picked Putin as his predecessor to prevent the takeover of Russia.

So, who was Yeltsin warning against? Newly declassified documents from the Clinton Administration prove that there was a plot to rig the Russian election of 2000. These never-before-seen documents confirm numerous attempts to implement pro-Western policies using the Russian oligarchy headed by Boris Berezovsky.

On the other side were the communists who desired a return to the glory days of the Soviet Union. As one of the largest international hedge fund managers, author Martin Armstrong found himself in the middle of perhaps the greatest espionage, or attempt at a regime change for Russia, in modern history.

The Plot to Seize Russia pulls back the curtain to expose the most extraordinary attempt to seize power in modern history, but with the pen rather than armies. These declassified documents reveal a plot that has altered our thinking about the relations between the United States and Russia. The thirst for power comes seething through every line of these papers that alter our perception of reality, change the course of history, and now threaten us with World War III.

UC San Diego released a troubling study that found that 1 in 8 college applicants has middle school-level math proficiency. UCSD has been forced to introduce remedial math courses for college students that cover math gaps from elementary through high school. The common denominator has been COVID as scores have rapidly fallen thirtyfold since 2020.

The number of students who need remedial math refresher courses has soared from 1 in 100 to 1 in 8. American students struggle to answer basic math equations. “Fill in the box: 7 + 2 = X + 6.” An astounding 25% of students were unable to answer that question. Around 37% of students were unable to subtract fractions, and 61% struggled to round large numbers to the nearest hundred. UCSD is currently ranked as America’s fifth-best public university and has an acceptance rate of 24%. The overall situation among all US students is likely far worse.

The study did not attribute the issue to the No Child Left Behind policy implemented by former President George W. Bush in 2001. The UCSD study attributes the steep decline primarily to more recent factors such as the COVID-19 education blackout, the elimination of standardized testing in admissions, grade inflation, and expanding enrollment from under-resourced high schools.

These students were in 8^th or 9^th grade when the lockdowns halted education. What will happen to the younger students who experienced interruptions when these basic concepts were first introduced in the curriculum?

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is conducted every three years to gauge education among OECD nations. The test is given to around 600,000 15- and 16-year-old students across the world to gauge their understanding of math, science, and reading. As of 2022, these are the top 10 nations in mathematics: Singapore (575), China (552), Taiwan (547), Hong Kong (540), Japan (536), South Korea (527), Estonia (510), Switzerland (508), Canada (497), Netherlands (493). American students have a score of 465, falling 90 points behind China.

COVID lockdowns only exacerbated America’s education crisis, and the next generation of workers will be at an extreme disadvantage.

The US government has one of the most complex tax systems in the world. Citizens must calculate what they owe to the government—overpay or underpay, and you’re in trouble. The Trump Administration recently eliminated Direct File, the only option to file taxes directly with the IRS, and now merely paying taxes comes at a price.

Direct File has been in operation for only two years, but it was the last option for Americans to file directly with the IRS without a fee. The current administration claimed that the program was costly and underutilized. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the private sector “can do a better job” than the federal government, and while that is namely true, the government should not be charging civilians for submitting their annual dues.

The government has partnered with a number of private commercial organizations to permit people earning under a certain threshold to file their taxes without a fee. The same government that is concerned that people cannot acquire ID to vote believes that everyone is competent enough to prepare and file ever-changing state and federal tax forms with a private company.

The tax code complexity requires advanced training to decipher. The code is deliberately confusing. “In 1955, there were less than 1.5 million words in the U.S. Tax Code. Today, there are more than 16 million words. Because of this complexity, Americans collectively spend 6.5 billion hours preparing and filing their taxes each year. This must be simplified,” DOGE wrote on X in November 2024, when there were calls for simplifying the tax code.

Taxation is indeed a much broader issue than merely federal. State and local governments have been raising taxes at an unseen pace. The cost of government, as measured by total revenues as a percent of the total GDP, is a key factor in determining our quality of life, and as we have seen, our quality of life has been drastically reduced as government spending rises. The people cannot possibly be expected to foot this endless bill.  The Founding Fathers of the United States specifically prohibited direct taxation, such as any form of an income tax.

There are infinite loopholes in the tax system, deliberately placed there in order to provide the IRS with free rein to extort the people. The majority of people who fail to file are low-income workers. In 2025, an estimated 13-15 million individuals or households will still not have filed their taxes. The voluntary rate for filing is around 85%, and the majority who do not file simply do not understand how to do so. The government measures the “tax gap” to determine the total amount of taxes that taxpayers should pay by law for a given period and the amount that is actually and voluntarily paid on time.

The bottom income bracket (the lowest 20%) has a tax noncompliance rate of 38%. These are the people who benefited from free tax filing services. Most would likely receive a rebate or incentive for filing, and some mistakenly believe they are benefiting by providing the government an interest-free loan on their earnings. The top 1% only accounts for around 9% of tax noncompliance orders, but those at the top 1% can afford to pay for creative taxation.

Direct File may not have been the ideal service, yet, there must be a method for Americans to easily file without the need for a middle man.

The Founding Fathers never intended for Congress to become a retirement home for lifelong politicians. We are watching the same pattern that destroyed every republic in history. The absence of term limits creates a political class. These people cling to power for decades, shaping policy based on their own invisible hand. When someone like Nancy Pelosi can remain in Washington for nearly her entire adult life, accumulating wealth, influence, and control while ordinary Americans struggle under the weight of her legislation, it is undeniable that the system has drifted far from anything resembling representative government.

Career politicians lose touch with reality. They manipulate the system and exempt themselves from the laws they dictate. History shows that once a ruling elite becomes permanent, the republic begins its decline. The people lose representation, confidence collapses, and the political class becomes obsessed with preserving its own privilege rather than serving the nation.

You cannot expect reform from those who depend on the absence of reform to maintain power. I recently attended an event hosted by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who voiced her concern for both term-limits and insider trading. Finally, a member of Congress is pushing for legislation that will reshape government by eliminating the permanent ruling class.

A republic cannot survive when those governing have turned public office into a lifetime career. If we want to restore any measure of trust, stability, or accountability, then term limits must be part of the solution. Otherwise, we simply allow the decline to accelerate until the system breaks and the cycle forces the reform that Congress refuses to consider. History warns what happens when elites refuse to step aside.

This is the 2025 FX Report covering the dollar reaction in the face of PEACE when the flight to safety may reverse near-term. The world is complex and we have to sort out the reactions from the major trend.

This Report will be available after the Conference $500

The 2025 WEC Agricultural Report is confined to Wheat and Cattle. This will be in your portal. Even if you are not an agricultural trader, you should still read this report. I have shown that historical connection of wheat to civil unrest, revolutions, and war. This is the first time I have reveal this research which is yet another correction fo what we face into 2032.

The report will be available after the WEC for $500

The wait is over — the 2025 World Economic Conference begins tomorrow, and this year’s event is shaping up to be one of the most important gatherings we’ve ever hosted.

If you haven’t secured your spot yet, it’s not too late. You can still join us virtually and experience the full conference from anywhere in the world.

Why a Virtual Ticket Is the Perfect Last-Minute Option

With a Virtual Ticket, you’ll receive:

• Live access to the full conference stream
• All presentation materials
• All published reports released for the event
• Replays so you can watch on your own schedule
• The same actionable forecasts and insights that in-person attendees receive

Martin Armstrong will deliver critical updates on:

• The Economic Confidence Model (ECM)
• Capital flows and major trend changes
• Global geopolitical risk
• Inflation, interest rates, and sovereign debt
• What the next major cycle turning points mean for the world economy

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment — this is it.

Get your Virtual Ticket now before the conference begins tomorrow.
Visit the Events page at ArmstrongEconomics.com to secure your access.

Tomorrow starts the deep dive into the cycles shaping our future — and you can still be part of it.

El Salvador passed a law that requires newborns to submit their DNA to a government-wide database. President Nayib Bukele claims genetic verification is necessary to ensure the paternity of the child. “This is not a law against women, but against lies: there will be no more fathers raising children who are not their own,” the president declared. Yet, this initiative has become global. Of course, the majority of governments will not label these initiatives as DNA collection.

England’s NHA will offer whole-genome sequencing to every newborn beginning in 2026. The initiative is part of a 10-year “Generation Study” pilot program that aims to have every baby’s DNA sequenced at birth. The government claims that the data will be used to assess health risks and enable early preventative care.

The NHS will use blood or umbilical cord samples to collect data that will then be handed over to the government’s AI software that identifies disease risk. Everyone’s individual DNA genome will be analyzed and stores by the government. The National Genomic Research Library plans to use this data for future research.

The US conducts a heel prick test at birth as well to test for genetic defects. Parental consent is not required as it is considered standard care. A few states do permit parents to opt-out of this testing on religious grounds. However, the US has not stated that would be compiling a database to store biometric data.

Italy, Spain, Australia, India, Israel, and most developed countries perform some form of blood testing at birth, but that data was never collected and stored by the government until now. Governments will say that advanced technology is allowing scientists to study genetic conditions to ensure the optimal health of the nation. No one agreed to be part of a study or to permit the government to collect their child’s health information. Governments are labeling children as their own from the moment they enter the world. Unique data on every human born within the health care system will be permanently stored and used as governments see fit.

For months now, I’ve been hounded with the question: “When will mortgage rates fall back to 3%?” People still cling to the fantasy that the last decade was somehow “normal.” It wasn’t. It was a once-in-history phenomenon driven by central bank manipulation following the 2008–2010 mortgage-backed securities crisis, mixed with the COVID crisis. We lived in an artificial world of zero rates, negative real yields, and government intervention that distorted every market from bonds to real estate.

That period is over, and it is not coming back.

The mainstream press continues to peddle this narrative that the Federal Reserve controls long-term mortgage rates. Mortgage rates are pricing in global sovereign risk, not domestic political propaganda. The same interest-rate shock hitting homebuyers in Miami is hitting borrowers in Munich, Montreal, and Melbourne. This is a global cycle driven by capital flows rather than the Fed.

As I explained in the Real Estate Outlook 2026, residential property is no longer priced on your local bank’s posted rate. Those days died long ago. Capital flows determine rates, and capital is voting with its feet against government debt worldwide.

All conference attendees and virtual ticket holders will receive the Real Estate Outlook 2026 report that details what to expect in the years ahead as confidence shifts from public to private assets.

This is a special report on the AI and the Paradigm Shift that is taking place in the economy. This is also looking at NVIDIA and a comparison to other stocks which have also made such a Paradigm Shift. While this can see a correction, like the DOT.COM Bubble, it will not kill the AI trend anymore than that 2000 Bubble killed the Internet. This is a Paradigm Shift that comes along at best a couple of times in one’s lifetime.

This Report will Be Available after the WEC Conference at $150

The 2025 Gold Report for the WEC will be in your Portal. This is a review including Gold’s Greatest Risk looking just ahead. This report will be available after the Conference for $300.