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Lebanon to Default in March?

  We are likely to see Lebanon default on its payments in March after it has been downgraded deeper into junk bond territory by two of the three biggest credit...

Science v Religion

QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong, I have been an avid reader of your blog for over four years after watching The Forecaster on Norwegian TV in the fall of 2015. First,...

Why are Some of the Greatest Entrepreneurs & Presidents School Dropouts?

QUESTION: Marty, what do you tell your son when some of the greatest people in business were all dropouts from Sidney Weinberg of Goldman Sachs who was known as Mr....

Students Demand University Disinvest in Fossil Fuel Related Companies – School Offers to Turn off the Heat

Students at St John’s College at Oxford University were protesting that the university now disinvest from anything related to fossil fuel. Professor Andrew...

Climate Change & Do we Use Less CO2 than Romans to Light our Homes?

COMMENT: Marty; the Greta worshipers are really brain-dead. We just set a 77-year record low on Valentine’s Day and they say that proves its climate change...

Can Interest Rates Rise when Central Banks are the Only Market Maker?

  QUESTION: How can interest rates can rise when central banks are the only market maker, & pension funds FORCED to buy gov.debt by their statutes? but why...

Why Bail-Ins in Europe Are Not Likely in the USA

The public was outraged over the use of tax dollars to bail out banks during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and...

Punxsutawney Phil’s Groundhog Weather Predictions Beats UN’s Climate Change Forecasts

  QUESTION: have you ever tested Punxsutawney Phil‘s predictions of spring with your forecasts? how often was he correct? TT REPLY: The Punxsutawney...

Food Prices Due to the Little Ice Age

  QUESTION: What do you think about Professor Valentina Zharkhova, of Northumbria University’s department of mathematics, physics and electrical engineering,...

Chaotic Weather

QUESTION: Marty; the weather is becoming as chaotic as the markets. We have one day heat in Antarctica and then snow in Saudi Arabia and Baghdad. Is this part of...