Copyright Martin Armstrong All Rights Reserved October 13th, 2012 The Risk of Low Interest Rates Analysis is dominated by simply opinion and therein lies the problem. Economics has become nothing like a science. In physics, one observes and then determines the “LAWS” as to how the universe functions. In the field of Economics and Finance, […]

 The Iranian Rial The Iranian Rial has come under tremendous pressure. Internally, the currency is depreciating in purchasing power at an astonishing rate. Internationally (illustrated here), the Rial has fallen generally to the 123.50 level from the 79 to the dollar level back in 2003. Internally, the Rial has just suffered one of the most […]

You just have to love the court system. When the big brokerage houses were charged with bogus analysis and paid fines to the SEC, a private class action suit was filed in Southern District of New York (SDNY) and it was dismissed when shareholders tried to file suit. Merrill Lynch & Company had won the […]

UNITED STATES v. ZICHETTELLO 208 F3d 72 (2d Cir 2000) UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas ZICHETTELLO, Defendant, Frank Richardone, Ronald Reale, Richard Hartman, James J. Lysaght, and Peter Kramer, Defendants-Appellants. Docket Nos. 98-1376(L), 98-1377, 98-1378, 98-1379, 98-1380. Argued June 8, 1999 — March 30, 2000 Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, OAKES, and SACK, Circuit […]

  I promised everyone at the San Diego Conference that I would make a first hand account of the world economy on this trip. Hong Kong property is at record highs. Mainland has let Hong Kong largely alone. In China, what I observed in 1997 when I was invited by the Government to assist after […]

In China, the top scandal is about corruption. The story of Bo Xilai, a charismatic and ambitious politician, who was the Communist Party secretary of China’s sprawling Chongqing municipality. The papers talk about how he was driven by the greed of his wife. At least it is in the open and being discussed. This stands in contrast to […]

Understanding the Trading Model     September 7th, 2012 The primary objective of creating a model is to defeat your own personal emotions. At highs and lows, the average person gets swept away in the euphoria. At tops, the charlatans come out and predict it will never end. At the bottom, the news is so […]

HARRIS v. McRAE, 448 U.S. 297 (1980) 448 U.S. 297 HARRIS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. McRAE ET AL. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. No. 79-1268. Argued April 21, 1980. Decided June 30, 1980. Title XIX of the Social Security Act established the Medicaid […]

Copyright Martin Armstrong All Rights Reserved August 19th, 2012 Debt is Destroying Everything. Where is Common Sense When We Need it the Most? By Martin Armstrong  This whole Sovereign Debt Crisis is starting to look like Nero playing the fiddle as Rome burns. We have to realize that Western society is at the breaking point […]

Things are turning so negative so rapidly, this is really starting to appear like the fall of Rome. The UK is tripling all fines related to taxes according to the FT. Europe & Australia and imposing a carbon tax and this of course is necessary for the environment as long as it ADDS revenues. Whatever […]