All posts in "Armstrong"
Frankfurt Euro Seminar July 22nd, 2017
May 25, 2017We will be posting the links for the ticket and the price. This is a half-day session to keep the costs down so we do not need to supply lunch. The conferences like the WEC are expensive for they are always held in 5 star places and include the cost of food and open bars […]
Fed Rates & Minutes
May 25, 2017Minutes from the Fed’s May policy meeting showed board members thought that if jobs growth remains healthy with a rebound in investment and consumer spending then rates could rise “soon”, which many took to mean June. The economy has shown some signs of weakness, the Fed still thinks its broad strength would justify winding down […]
US Pension Crisis Picking Up Full Speed
May 25, 2017The Pension Crisis is serious and is the catalyst that will bring everything down. Nearly 600 State & Local governments are now in the hole and has reached nearly $1.2 trillion of unfunded pension liabilities in FY 2014. This reflects total pension liabilities of $4.798 trillion and total pension assets (or fiduciary net position) of $3.607 […]
Market Talk – May 24th, 2017
May 24, 2017Core Asian markets closed mostly lower after early gains were reversed. Volumes were thin in todays session as G7, OPEC and discussions around the Federal Reserves next move on rates. Oil drifted lower in Asia as President Trump completed his trip and was about to fly to meet the Pope. Thursday OPEC meeting is expecting cuts […]
How to Trade a Vertical Market
May 24, 2017By Popular Request, I will put down the instructions I gave on How To Trade A Vertical Market in a small written report and send that out next week to all those who attended the Hong Kong 2017 WEC. Once again I want to thank everyone for a great conference. It is always such a […]
New Argument to Raise Rates – Rent Inflation!
May 24, 2017There are those in the Fed who are desperate to find an excuse to raise interest rates. The one being bantered about is the Fed needs to raise rates to help the poor. Yes – you heard correctly. To protect the poorest Americans, the argument is that the Fed needs to raise interest rates faster […]
Impeachment Movement
May 24, 2017The all out war going on in Washington is to get rid of Trump to prevent him from “draining the swamp” and to stop any tax reform or reform of the Deep State. At this point anyone can say whatever they want and the press as well as Congress will take it as absolute Truth. […]
Market Talk – May 23rd, 2017
May 23, 2017A mixed session in Asia with no clear direction provided in any of the core markets. Saddening news coming from Manchester, England of the appalling bombing incident at a children’s music concert shocked both markets and people across the world. Police commented that they are treating it as a terrorist incident. The Nikkei, ASX, Shanghai […]
Fines – Civil Asset Forfeitures – Taxes
May 23, 2017When I was a kid, most police were kind, respectful, and actually there to protect society. Sure, there was some towns that were just greedy. My father took a local post as a judge in Cinnaminson, New Jersey. It was the politicians who told him they want the maximum fine for everything. My father refused […]
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