A Gallup Poll from last September revealed that the majority of Americans, 60%, say a third major political party is needed because the Republican and Democratic parties “do such a poor job” of representing the American people. Since 2007, Gallup has shown that this is a rising trend, which explains Trump and Bernie. The majority […]
Amazingly, 71% of Democrats think Hillary Clinton should continue running for president if she is charged with a felony in connection with her private email use while serving as secretary of state. Exactly how does someone run the country from prison? Of course, those identifying themselves as Democrats are the over-50 generation, whereas the under-30 […]
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Mining-Shares.mp4 COMMENT: Mr Armstrong; what do you think about mining shares? REPLY: I do not have the time to talk about every market and every move. We do have mining shares in the system. The computer is better than anyone could possibly be for there is too much to watch and there are too many personal […]
A mixed session out of Asia saw the Nikkei and Shanghai small lower whilst the Hang Seng managed a 0.4% rally. After Fridays surprise NFP release the JPY continued stronger, trading as low as 106.40. However, the big news overnight was about the shift in the upcoming BREXIT vote and the swing towards a possible vote […]
Janet Yellen’s remarks today confused the people who think the world turns on the Jobs numbers since they remain clueless with respect to the changing trend in employment. They do not take into consideration the technology shift, so they are still trying to trade from 20th-century concepts. Yellen gave an outlook of the U.S. economy […]
On June 23, the people of Britain will decide whether to exit (BREXIT) the European Union. The outcome of this historic vote will determine Britain’s future. This is an incredibly important vote for it will determine the fate of, not just Britain, but Europe as a whole. This special “BREXIT” report answers many of the […]
Well, believe it or not, the younger generation is extremely socialistic. Just tell them they will get something for nothing and they are on board. I suppose this is what we get for telling them to pay for schooling and degrees that they cannot find a job with. n Switzerland, they pushed for an actual vote on […]
The European Central Bank (ECB) will start buying corporate bonds on June 8. This will broaden Quantitative Easing by expanding it to a new asset class in a desperate struggle against deflation. The Governing Council meeting in Vienna maintained the refinancing rate at zero and the deposit rate at -0.4 percent as a component of its […]
COMMENT #1: The current protests are not “The People against the State” and therefore it is not a revolution. It is the Left (CGT union and alike) against the Left (Presidency); it is a family affair like currently between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp. When these people rioted in my street, the REAL PEOPLE on […]
COMMENT: Dear Martin, When I first started voting in the UK at 18, I used to take my balllot card and driving license with me for ID purposes. But to my surprise, nobody ever asked me for ID. Not even the ballot card. Then I started asking them, “Don’t you want to see my ID? […]
