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To Trade anything You Must Understand What is Happening

January 17, 2018

QUESTION: Martin, I took your advice back in November about a potential January DJ high and it has paid off for me well. I am a small-time personal investor and am wondering about the content of the Vertical Market Report – is this something tailor made for the Professional / Hedge fund trader? I am […]

Market Talk- January 16, 2018

January 16, 2018

Asia started today’s broad stock market rally as from the opening bell all core moved from strength to strength. Both the Hang Seng and Shanghai adding +0.8% but the HSI doubled that and more with an impressive +1.8% daily return. HSI was the outlier yesterday recording a decline but with Banks and Finance stocks benefiting, today performance certainly […]

Can Government Really Prevent War?

January 16, 2018

QUESTION: Martin, So much common sense from you. But, re the almost total corruption of government, could this be the ONLY practical solution? That is: 1. Elect Politicians directly, at random, from the general, law abiding population for a fixed term with no possibility of re-election 2. Pay them well, with jobs/careers guaranteed and severe prison […]

Market Talk- January 15, 2018

January 16, 2018

    Todays Asian session really looked like a game of two halves! Initially we saw core outperform for both the Shanghai and Hang Seng, but by afternoon trading and into the close prices had drifted into negative territory. The Yuan appreciation probably has much to do with the move, but also coming off of […]

Greenhouses Gases Are a Product of Civilization for Thousands of Years

January 15, 2018

QUESTION: Do you believe we are going into an ice age? ANSWER: No. At best we return to a mini-ice age and stop there hopefully. There are those who argue that a decline in solar activity, which they cannot deny, will not be enough to offset the human created Global Warming. There are so many […]

How Will Interest Rates Double in Europe from Here

January 15, 2018

QUESTION: Marty  Thanks for all your guidance and help in navigating these markets. You mention rates are going up soon in Europe but how can the ECB achieve this when they are still implementing QE. I work in the European HY market and the technicals are horrible as so much money is flooding in chasing […]

The Blizzard of 1899

January 15, 2018

Snowball Fight on Steps of Capital of Florida A lot of people are claiming that the extreme cold is part of Global Warming and human-induced climate change. Well, all we need do is look to the Blizzard of 1899. That is the record cold where it snowed also all the way into the capital of Florida, […]

The Rush to the Euro with QE Ending?

January 14, 2018

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You have been calling for the dollar to decline against the Euro and it should test the 125 level. Do you see the dollar continuing to decline which then breaks the back of Europe with deflation and then everything flips? WK ANSWER: Last year was an outside reversal to the upside meaning […]

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