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Goldman Sachs Fined $5 Billion but is Still Above the Law

January 17, 2016

Goldman Sachs is finally paying a price (money) for the role it played in the 2007 mortgage scandal, but of course, nobody is going to jail, which proves that Goldman remains above the law. The Wall Street firm agreed to only a civil settlement of … →

Constitutional Judge Warns Merkel is Violating the Constitution

January 17, 2016

German Federal Constitutional Judge, Udo di Fabio, says the German federal government is constitutionally obligated to take control of border security when European institutions are impaired. Judge Fabio correctly stated: “The Basic Law does not guarantee the protection of all … →

Can Mathematicians Forecast Markets?

January 17, 2016

QUESTION: Greetings Mr Armstrong and thank you for your excellent blog! I have recently started reading Benoit Mandelbrot’s The Misbehaviour of Markets in which he states that stock prices probably isn’t predictable in any useful sense of the term (p. … →