Blog/Armstrong Economics 101
Why You Should Take Delivery
QUESTION: Hi Marty, I just read the latest blog post. Thanks for the advice re: hard assets. I’m wondering though about any asset which is not in one’s [...]
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Understanding the Rally
QUESTION: Marty is the rumor true that there is huge short-covering going on that is taking the US share market higher? ANSWER: Of course. As I have stated, our [...]
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Trump & Gold Standard
Trump has surrounded himself with a few people who believe that a new Bretton Woods conference will be necessary and they wrongly believe that a return to a [...]
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Eliminating Currency = Communism
Columbia University Economist Joseph Stiglitz says that the United States should phase out currency and move towards a digital economy. All of these people [...]
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Trump Keeping His Campaign Promises
About 75% of everything Obama did was by Executive Order bypassing Congress. That means that the next president can easily undo 75% of what Obama did by Executive [...]
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Connecting the Dots
COMMENT: I read your piece on “The “Trump Revolution” is not about Trump Himself” and I understood this is a global trend. I think one has to be [...]
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Inflation Moving Higher Thanks to Dollar
Prices in the US are picking up strongly and support the Fed’s arguments for raising interest rates further. The rate of inflation rose by 2.1% in December, [...]
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Where to Draw the Line Between Charity & Socialism
QUESTION: A helping hand is not socialism I get perturbed about the lack of distinction between socialism and where a helping hand of the kindly state ends. I [...]
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Capitalism v Socialism – Good Perspective of the Difference
COMMENT: Martin, A story I received: A guy looked at my Porsche the other day and said I wonder how many people could have been fed for the money that sports car [...]
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Understanding Global Market Watch
QUESTION: Good afternoon, I have a quick question regarding the GLOBAL MARKET WATCH. Are the results updated only at the end of each time period (day, week, month, [...]
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