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New Socrates Launch – Clients Need to Update

April 11, 2017

Socrates System and Billing Update Dear Socrates user, We are sending out this courtesy reminder regarding the launch of our brand new entry-level membership – the Standard Membership level (this replaces what used to be known as the Investor level). The new Standard Membership is now a monthly membership, billed at only $14.99 per month, […]

Why Gary Cohn of Goldman Sachs Supports Restoring Glass–Steagall

April 11, 2017

  QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; In Germany DWN wrote that Cohn of Goldman Sachs is in favor of returning Glass–Steagall. This seems strange. Do you have any insight? ANSWER: Very simple. Glass–Steagall was separating investment banking from banks. Goldman Sachs is by no means a traditional bank but were always an investment bank. If you restore Glass–Steagall this […]

Why Davos Predictions Are Always Wrong!

April 11, 2017

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I read the quote that Kenneth Rogoff made about the predictions of the attendees at Davos. He told Bloomberg: “A joke, which I have been telling since the last meeting in Davos, culminates in the fact that the predictions made in Davos are always wrong… No matter how unlikely, the most likely event […]

US Property Tax Comparison by State

April 11, 2017

The latest report on property tax comparisons within the USA has been released. A report from Attom Data shows just how nuts things are becoming with regard to taxes. Property taxes have become really insane in the North. The average annual property tax bill in Alabama in 2016 was $776 compared to the the highest average is New […]

Market Talk – April 10, 2017

April 10, 2017

Asia saw a mixed session today with almost everyone discussing the rising geopolitical tensions in the region. The initial move into safe-haven trades appeared to be short-lived and so we saw yen trade back into the mid 111 range having rejected the 110’s. The DXY closed strong on Friday and continues to trade strong. Exporters […]

Standard Access Level to Socrates $14.99 per month

April 10, 2017

Becoming a Standard Member to the Socrates Platform gets you the access to the Private Blogs. Instead of an annual subscription, you can sign up for monthly billing and stop that at any time. We are pricing this at a reasonable level to allow the average person to have access to analysis entirely written by […]

Russia Demands Evidence to Support US Attack on Syria

April 10, 2017

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov telephoned Rex Tillerson concerning the attack on Syria. The minister had told Tillerson that allegations that the Syrian military had used chemical weapons in the so-called “poison gas incident” lacked any proof whatsoever. Lavrov and Tillerson had agreed to personally continue the talks on Syria, because it is increasingly looking […]

Did Trump Surrender to Deep State or is this a Civil War?

April 10, 2017

There is a civil war going inside the White House. There is the Steve Bannon clash with the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who’s taken on an increasingly prominent portfolio in the West Wing. Bannon has complained that Kushner and his allies are trying to undermine his populist approach and institutionalize Trump. I was concerned about […]

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