The Japanese government once again reduced its holdings of US government bonds during December 2017. In total, Japan sold bonds worth $ 22.5 billion. This is not a huge amount. Nevertheless, this puts the total stock of US debt at about $ 1.06 trillion, which is the lowest level since 2012. Japan used to be the […]
The official portrait of Obama was painted by Kehinde Wiley. This is a very unusual painting putting a president in a garden setting which traditionally was limited to women’s portraits. It reminds me of the painting in the Villa of Livia, the wife of the first Roman Emperor Augustus (27BC-14AD). Obama’s portrait’s background is filled with […]
QUESTION: Hi Martin, I just finished your new NYSE Boom/Bust report. This is excellent work and as always extremely fascinating. Thank you for continuing to share these profound views with us. My question relates to your view that we are looking at a complete collapse of Quantitative Easing and that will likely see a massive capital […]
The Mid-Term elections are starting already. There is a huge amount of money being poured into the Democrats to retake the Senate. The entire object here is to reverse the Republican agenda and to return the country back to the class warfare traditions of the Democrats. Of course, this is what will be the final straw […]
Most of Asia are closed due to holidays and so it was left to Japan to reflect Wall Streets strength. The Nikkei closed with a positive return of 1.2% for the day. The news that BOJ Governor Kuroda, is to sit for another term was taken as positive news as he supports continued easing. […]
Robert Mueller III issued a 37-page indictment detailing a description alleging that there was Russian interference in the election targeted against Hillary. The alleged culprit is the Internet Research Agency which targeted over 100 people including the U.S. citizens. Mueller claims they supported Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. The clever tactic of Mueller here appears to be […]
COMMENT: I bought the Vertical Market Report and the indicator you put in that report was elected the week of January 29. I also purchased the 2018 Share Market Report. The research you put into these reports is amazing. I understand your post this morning with the Weekly Bullish and Bearish numbers for the close. […]
QUESTION: Hi Mr Armstrong, I have read somewhere that you think that interest rates will go up higher than expected and at faster pace. I don’t understand its relations with bonds. Also your opinion seems to be in clear contrast to everyone else who thinks it will go up slowly over the next few years. If […]
The entire problem with control has been focused upon if someone is a criminal. While they have tried to paint Cruz as a racist against blacks and Muslims, he killed indiscriminately with no such selection process. Such stories do little to prevent something like this in the future and create criteria that ignores the […]
