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Private Blog Dow Jones Industrials

October 16, 2017

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Finally Belgium Speaks Out Against Spanish Oppression

October 16, 2017

The Belgium Prime minister Charles Michel has come out against Spain and now other European leaders applaud him for taking a position against the repressive action by Spain’s Civil Guard and National Police despite the fact that those in Brussels remain silent because they care only about their own jobs. Brussels has been silent fearing […]

Italy’s Solution for Unemployment = Pension Crisis

October 16, 2017

The high taxation in Europe has crippled the economy. Those in power have not yet figured out that 70% of employment is created by the small business owner who they consider the rich and thus the enemy. Nowhere has this been more the case in Italy, Greece, and Spain. Italy is the next on the […]

Theresa May Needs to Go to Vegas to Learn Poker

October 16, 2017

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I know you use to live here in London and in Berlin, you said you still had your British driver’s license. Everyone knows you were friends with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and that you are the one they called when Britain had to face its disaster in joining the ERM. If you […]

Rocketman May Have Destabilized the Ground in North Korea

October 15, 2017

Sources in South Korea are reporting that there was another earthquake in North Korea of a 2.7 magnitude near the Punggye-ri nuclear test site. This was the fourth earthquake to hit the region since the last underground nuclear test on September 3rd, 2017. The first earthquake was a 6.3 magnitude. The last North Korea test was a hydrogen […]

China Looking at Taking Stake in Aramco

October 14, 2017

According to local sources in the Middle East, financial difficulties in Saudi Arabia may see a cash injection coming for its oil industry – Aramco. The Saudis are considering a private placement of its shares instead of a traditional float of shares on the stock exchange. The buyer is of course China. Saudi Aramco has been considering the international […]

It’s Always About the Money

October 14, 2017

In Sweden, the government has realized that if fossil-fuel cars were to disappear, the government would lose around SEK 50 billion a year in tax revenues. Just like cigarettes, the government realized that stopping smoking is costly for them. So what did they do? They imposed taxes of e-cigarettes. And if everyone stopped e-cigarettes, they will […]

Opening the Door to the Future – Machine Learning

October 14, 2017

QUESTION: Hello Martin Question for you – I want to start to learn AI. I can only trust you and hence want to ask you what should be my 1st steps in learning AI in the right way. I have seen a lot of garbage AI in the hedge fund world that claims to be AI but is not […]

The Political Turf War in Europe and why Britain is Considering Joining NAFTA

October 13, 2017

QUESTION: Marty; There is talk that Britain will join NAFTA rather than the EU. Does that make sense? What do you think? ANSWER: The EU is in a death spiral. Every law they pass is to preserve their own power – not for the good of the people or Europe. Once again, the government solution always […]

Fake v Real News – A Turf Battle

October 13, 2017

Donald Trump launched his Real News to combat the Fake News. Interesting turf battle. What I can say is that many people in Florida are very upset with CNN and their whole coverage. The frightened people so much that they were paying $7,000 for a flight out of town. There was no 15-foot wall of […]

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