Despite a better than previous Chinese PMI release (48.4 against a previous 48.2) it was not what was expected (48.6) and so the Shanghai Index just could not make headway and eventually closed down 1.8%. Japan, on the other-hand, was still trading better (+1.8%) on the negative interest rate route as money looks for bargains […]

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I’m just curious. Will you go see the new Star Wars? Your technology with Socrates does seem light years ahead of everything. I love Socrates. It is truly amazing. DK ANSWER: Absolutely. If you pay attention, you will see that much of the film is based on the Roman Empire and the […]

COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; I do not want to reveal my sources but your ordeal with the government and Republic National Bank was linked to the shady dealings that Safra was involved with in Russia with the blessings of the U.S. government. Here is an article on the link which predates your ordeal by three years. […]

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, it seems many people are starting to pretend they have artificial intelligence systems and neural nets. It seems that they are using these terms very loosely. Can you explain the real difference? Everyone I have spoken to says you are the father of AI in finance. Thank you for all you contribute […]

The drive in government to eliminate encryption so that they can track everyone’s money is creating a firestorm. Google and Apple are starting to fight back because they realize that governments will absolutely destroy the internet by outlawing encryption. Reuters reported that Apple Inc told a U.S. judge that accessing data stored on a new locked iPhone […]

The European Court of Justice struck down the treaty that allowed U.S. companies to send data on Europeans to America, reported the Telegraph. Facebook, Google, and many other U.S. companies can now be barred from transferring private information to the U.S. if it concerns European citizens. The high court has struck down a 15-year-old data […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is desperate to justify her actions. Refugees are pouring into Germany after Merkel stated to a German newspaper that the “right to political asylum has no limits on the number of asylum seekers.” Her comment came one day after Obama praised her protection of the refugees. Many Germans are questioning the […]

  Government talks about Islamic terrorists, but their number one fear is YOU. The internment camps are for you, not Islamic extremists. Government CANNOT honor its promises so it will not even try. They are confiscating money everywhere, doubling fines, and punishing people for insane things. A neighbor received a ticket and a $200 fine for […]

QUESTION: Dear Mr Armstrong … An associate emailed me and asked me if I knew what PPT was? I told him …. I did not and to elaborate. He emailed me back saying PPT = plunge protection team! I then googled it and it seems some people actually believe that the fed/US gov. have some mystical organisation […]

According to a media report from the French website Radio Cockpit, a Greek military pilot Major Homer Sipostopulos, flew his F-16 jet and landed in the Turkish town of Söke on the Aegean coast to withdraw €2000 from a bank. The pilot used the F16 jet during a training flight to run to Turkey where he knew there was a gap in […]