We saw a mixed session in Asia as market again reflect headline after headline. The Chinese markets played catch-up, after their national holiday yesterday and that resulted in a 1.1% rally for the Hang Seng much of which were financials performing. The Yen remains weak even after poor US employment numbers. Net-net was a dull […]
It was a close race between the Nikkei and the SENSEX for today’s outperformer in core Asia but the winner was eventually India. The SENSEX rallied 1.75%, with all sectors adding to the sentiment, but it was the currency appreciating that really added the value. However, we are still under the key resistance level of […]
Russia has called upon the Hague’s executive council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), to challenge the allegations of Britain that it was responsible for the poisoning of the double-agent. British scientists at the Porton Down have admitted now that the nerve agent used to poison cannot be traced to Russia. Nevertheless, they […]
The old-school ideas of economic theory will ensure that Socialism collapses and very hard at that. The German influence upon Europe has infected the mindset of most northern Europeans. French President Emmanuel Macron has come out an made public debt one of the key points of his policy. Macron is supporting austerity and thus the EU’s guidelines. The French […]
QUESTION: Hi Martin, First of all I enjoyed your 2018 Share Market Report and I am looking forward to your video updates. I am one of those retired investors with a typical 50% equities and 50% bonds portfolio. In your recent blog you stated, “The biggest losers have been the asset allocation followers. They assume […]
With the exception of the SENSEX, all of core Asia opened in negative territory over concerns surrounding the US/China dispute. Although major US indices had lost over 3% intraday they did show remarkable resilience by the close gaining over 1% in the final 45 minutes of trading. It was this that provided the much needed […]
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, With the rise and fall of civilizations comes the rise and fall of religion. Are we due for a new religion to be born, or to have a rapid growth of popularity? Christianity grew rapidly during the fall of the Roman empire, and with the persecution of believers, where are we today […]
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I know my friend sent an email to you and is finally listening only after racking up losses. I explained how I followed you since 2015 and bought the Dow back at the end of 2015. I made almost 10,000 points and paid off my house. My family toasts you every Thanksgiving around the […]
QUESTION: Interesting that $1.3T US spending bill was enacted on March 23, 2018, exactly 31.459 years after passage of US Tax Reform Act of 1986: Also, the 86 year cycle in drought conditions in the midwest US seems to approach – is this why Marty thinks wheat will bottom this year? The below Wikipedia link […]
