Blog/Q&A

Germany Goes Nuts: Coincidence, Luck, Influence or Something Else?
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I realize you do not believe you are influential. However, you began your European tour on April 28th and ever since the bond markets have [...]
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Comment From a Banker in Asia
COMMENT: The distinction between relationship and transactional is so compelling and explains my own puzzlement in dealing with ‘relationship’ [...]
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The Crisis in Democracy – Debt & Electronic Money
COMMENT: Hi Marty, Would you be able to clarify the risks with having just an electronic money system – it would seem that any electronic system would be [...]
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Wash Trades & Manipulation
QUESTION: Marty; How effective are Wash Trades in manipulating markets? There are people now suggesting that gold has been suppressed because of wash trades. [...]
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Velocity of Money – The Harbinger of Future Omens
QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong, I think this would help readers. I kind of don’t get it. How does the decrease in international velocity of money lead to the [...]
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ECM Observations = Always Fascinating
COMMENT: Hi Martin, Fantastic data and research (as always). I was kind of surprised (never made the connection) by one of the images you posted. Your image shows [...]
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There Comes a Time We Must Stand Up
COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong, On one of your blogs yesterday you wrote the most chilling comment I’ve ever read on your site, to the effect that you don’t [...]
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The Strange Case for Gold
QUESTION: Hey Martin, Years ago, I thought I was so smart. Silver was 5 and gold was 300. I was pretty young and did not have a lot of money. I purchased 30k [...]
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When Did I Become Wealthy?
COMMENT: Martin, your recent post makes me wonder when did I become “one of them rich people”? We have a family business, it’s no glamour job, I [...]
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Can Europe be Saved?
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I find it truly enlightening that you told the European Commission from the outset this idea of the euro would fail because of a faulty [...]
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