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PRIVATE BLOG – The Dow & the Turkey Crisis

August 14, 2018

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PRIVATE BLOG – Turkey Crisis Broadens to Europe & Euro

August 14, 2018

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Our Worst Nightmares are Starting to Take Shape in Reality

August 14, 2018

The Euro has continued to fall dropping at the time of this post to 11343. The bottom of this channel lies at the 11315 area and behind the curtain, our phone is in meltdown mode.  After’s Italy warning that the ECB has to keep QE going or the entire bond market will collapse forcing the […]

Market Talk- August 14, 2018

August 14, 2018

It was good to see a healthy 2.28% bounce in the Nikkei today, especially after yesterdays 2% decline. Unfortunately, some of this was at the expense of the currency as the Yen lost 0.5% back to a 111 handle. The currency drop helped exporters recover some of yesterdays losses, but there is still plenty of […]

Hoards of Ancient Coins Including Biblical Widow Mites

August 14, 2018

    QUESTION: Do you have any more Roman coins you will offer for Christmas? I would really like to buy a few to give to my grandchildren. WJ ANSWER: Yes. I have several hoards I will make available some that I bought probably back in the 1970s. There are no major quantities. Generally less […]

Precious Metals were Worth Less than the Coinage

August 14, 2018

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I do not understand your statement that even when coins were silver and gold, they were still a form of fiat money. Could you explain that please? BB ANSWER: The evidence that supports that statement is abundant. We find coins of the immediate financial capital be it Greece or Rome, were IMITATED […]

Italy Warns that Stopping QE will Lead to Collapse of Eurozone

August 14, 2018

Italy has called on the ECB to guarantee the bond yields warning that if they END quantitative easing the Eurozone will break apart. On this score, they are not wrong. The economic spokesman for the Italian governing party Lega has warned of a collapse of the Eurozone. The ECB should ensure that the yield spreads of government bonds […]