Blog/Basic Concepts

Something is Wrong
QUESTION: At the WEC in Orlando, you said something was wrong. Was the computer picking up this event of a crash being contrived? JF ANSWER: The [...]
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The Fate of Yugoslavia is the Same Fate of the Roman Empire
A lot of emails have come in about the video about the Yugoslavian Civil War video. The core of the video is indeed how civilization collapses. I have stated many [...]
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The Battle in Methodology
COMMENT: Marty; Your report on the cyclical methodology v academic is excellent. You should put that out as a book on Amazon. Your examples of this absurdity are [...]
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Clip from Margaret Thatcher’s 1975 Free Society Speech
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The Rich v Oligarchs
QUESTION: Hello Martin, You have said ‘the rich get richer by investing’; and as well, you’ve said ‘governments are always corrupted’. [...]
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Flight from Public to Private
QUESTION: Hi. Martin. I have read your blog for many years and I’m blown away about how much I have learned Question can you help explain how the European stock [...]
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Stocks Rise with Rising Interest Rates & Fall with Lower Rates
QUESTION: I mentioned that you said the stock market rallies with rising rates and declines with lower rates to an analyst. He said you were wrong and everyone [...]
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The World through Everyone’s Eyes
COMMENT: Sir, I appreciate that I may not always agree with what you write but I listen and examine and respect your viewpoint. You, in turn, have answered my many [...]
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Trade Negotiations
QUESTION: Mr Armstrong In your opinion of Trump’s trade war policy, you disagree with him because it makes China look weak. What is your solution when the [...]
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ETF v Mutual Fund
QUESTION: Are ETFs really better than a mutual fund for tax purposes? HS ANSWER: The primary difference between mutual funds and ETFs (exchange-traded funds) is [...]
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