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Market Talk- February 16, 2017

February 16, 2017

It was a mixed story in Asia today with the Nikkei still cooling after its recent performance, but given Toshiba’s performance, -3.5% again today – having missed its publishing deadline, certainly did not help confidence. The Nikkei ended the session down almost 0.5%, but we do have the Tankan to be released later this evening; […]

Understanding the Rally

February 16, 2017

QUESTION: Marty is the rumor true that there is huge short-covering going on that is taking the US share market higher? ANSWER: Of course. As I have stated, our model tends to show the point of no return is in the 23000 level, not here. This rally since 2009 has been the most BEARISH rally […]

Student Loan Petition to White House

February 16, 2017

REQUEST:  Dear Mr. Armstrong: I am trying to discharge student loan in the bankruptcy court, and it is very tough battle. I am in the situation that it is all out war with the U.S. Department of Education. I have been reading your blog for more than a year now and found that we have […]

Fed & Its Balance Sheet

February 16, 2017

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; At the WEC you said the Fed would allow its balance sheet to eventually shrink, it was trapped and could not sell off its holdings. Yellen seems to have come out and said the same thing. Is this advice you have given in Washington? XM ANSWER: What Yellen has said is that the […]

Brussels Circumvented the Legal Rights of Citizens in EU

February 16, 2017

  On January 18, 2017, new rules governing the seizure of bank accounts in the European Union went into effect (The EU Regulation No 655/2014 of May 15, 2014). This regulation sought to circumvent the independent legal rights of people, denying them the right to be heard in a court of law in their own country. This […]

The Dow 2-15-2017 – Looking Ahead

February 16, 2017

A lot of people are scared to jump into the US share market. Some who have been regular investors write: “THIS MARKET SCARES ME!” They are getting vertigo. Yes, the old saying what goes up also goes down is keeping a lot of regular traders seating bullets. They cannot handle these levels and do not […]