ASIA: JPMorgan is proposing a new Asia credit index with slashed China weighting in parallel to its existing $85 billion Asia credit index, amid growing geopolitical tensions and dimming appetite for Chinese property bonds, Reuters reported. For the new index, JPMorgan has suggested the weighting of China be cut to close to 30% compared with […]
Watch the video above or click here for the latest interview with USAWatchdog. Commentary from Greg Hunter: Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong said at the end of last year the U.S. is being set up for a “nightmare fall.” Train derailments and political problems are spinning out of control, but the biggest […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 349.16 points or 1.29% to 27,453.48 Shanghai decreased 20.32 points or -0.62% to 3,267.16 Hang Seng decreased 341.31 points or -1.68% to 20,010.04 ASX 200 increased 21.60 points or 0.30% to 7,307.00 Kospi decreased 15.48 points or -0.63% to 2,423.61 […]
The financial markets had become integrated globally prior to World War I. It was the globalization and openness of world financial markets that became the problem and are important to understand for we will face the same problem today. The capital was free to flow from one country to another before World War I. All […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 368.78 points or -1.34% to 27,104.32 Shanghai decreased 3.67 points or -0.11% to 3,287.48 Hang Seng decreased 72.49 points or -0.35% to 20,351.35 ASX 200 decreased 29.10 points or -0.40% to 7,285.40 Kospi increased 21.41 points or 0.80% to 2,439.09 […]
ASIA: South Korea’s producer price inflation slowed for a seventh straight month to its lowest in 22 months, central bank data showed on Thursday. The producer price index rose 5.1% in January from a year earlier, while it had climbed 5.8% in December, according to the Bank of Korea. It was the slowest annual […]
ASIA: BlackRock Investment Institute raised U.S. short-term government bonds as well as Chinese and other emerging market stocks to “overweight” on Tuesday, saying investors were realizing that the U.S. Federal Reserve may have to become more aggressive in its campaign to subdue inflation. BlackRock also said it was going “overweight” on Chinese and other […]
QUESTION: Hi Marty, Would it not be better for Putin to follow the American model and invade all of Ukraine vs. using nuclear weapons? There is still time to execute such a strategy. Taking control of all of Ukraine would give Russia control of the borders, hence no more major offensive weapons would cross to […]
COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong, Now with Switzerland outlawing a cashless society, I understand your point that cryptocurrency is really a dead end. Without power, it cannot exist and as you said in times of war, you take down the power grid and they can do that with an EPM pulse. These Bitcoin zealots are clueless about […]
Due to the NYSE closing for Presidents’ Day, Market Talk will resume on Tuesday, Feb. 21. ASIA: Singapore’s economy grew slightly less than initially estimated in the fourth quarter from a year ago, official data showed on Monday, and the government kept its forecast for annual growth to come in at 0.5% – […]
