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The Rise of Nationalism – Just Part of the Cycle

Last November I warned that as part of the cycle turning up in war and civil unrest in conjunction with the Sovereign Debt Crisis, we should Expect Riots & Rise of Nationalism After 2015.75 To Pick Up Steam. Because Greece is where this cycle began on the Pi turning point from the 2007.15 high in the […]

Was Socrates Surprised by Negative Rates?

QUESTION: Will you have to change your/Socrates opinion due to this extraordinary step? I please you to give as an idea, as Socrates seems to be currently not updated. ANSWER: We actually have a very comprehensive interest rate database. Above is a picture of world interest rates but based upon capital concentration back to 3000BC. That […]

ECB Goes to Negative Interest Rates

Mario Draghi, President of ECB, has taken the European Central Bank deposit rate to negative territory. He cut the deposit rate for banks from zero to -0.1%, to encourage banks to lend to businesses rather than hold on to money. This has been in the works ever since Larry Summers floated the idea before. In […]

Gold & the Black Market & $50,000

QUESTION: Martin, I’ve written you a few times and greatly appreciate the replies and posts on your blog. As I have mentioned before, I worked for a metals dealer that traded on margin and caught a substantial amount if heat for being a bear w silver at 50 and gold at 1900+. I shorted silver the […]

Income Tax Revenues Collapsing in the States

The bite in taxes is taking its toll and the socialists cannot get through their think head that the higher you raise tax rates, the lower the revenue you will collect. They refuse to look at reality and keep trying to squeeze blood from a stone. They are setting the stage for the worst economic […]

2013 August 7th What Was it? Nothing or a Watershed Shift?

QUESTION: Hello Mr. Armstrong, I have been reading almost all of your writings in the past 4-5 years.  I just wanted to clarify or dig a little bit deeper on your blog post today for the Dow and the ECM.  You noted that we must wait until the bottom of the ECM in September this […]

Riots Starting Again in Brazil – Corruption with World Cup

Serious rioting during protests against the World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The cost of the World Cup have risen to 60 billion dollars. The people are now protesting against the continual corruption that is causing escalating costs. The mob has been setting vehicles on fire right in downtown. It seems that those who keep spreading lies […]

Boehner’s War Against the Tea Party

What we are watching is the demolition derby of the Republican Party. John Boehner is about as corrupt a politician as you can imagine. He makes countless donations because it is the Speaker of the House who lets anything move to the floor to be voted on. If you do not pay Boehner, you will […]

China’s Hard Landing Is the Envy in the West

There is growing evidence that  the Chinese property market will crack after 2015.75 when public confidence drops sharply worldwide. The first signs of deterioration are evident today. China has been the envy of developed nations with real GDP growth averaging almost 10% for the last quarter century, only dipping below 5% briefly with the Japanese […]

Will Government Confiscate Assets

QUESTION: If the public is racing to buy assets (real estate, coins, etc) will the government not try and confiscate everything we have, for the good of us all, to “help with our debt”? Thanks. SD ANSWER: There is no real precedent for confiscating everything other than communism and the crazy antics of Maximinus, who they […]