All posts in "Armstrong"

South Carolina: Apple & Donald Trump

February 21, 2016

  Trump took South Carolina with less than 40%. Bush just has the wrong name and should give up. The real reasons to worry are Cruz and Rubio, as both would differ little from electing Hillary. Nothing would pass their desks on taxes that they would not sign next year. So we are in a […]

Classic Thinking vs. Reality

February 21, 2016

QUESTION: Hi Martin ! In a globalized interconnected world where we see stock markets falling 30% and more from their recent high entering bear market territory how can it be that the S&P 500 is losing ground far less? Especially considering key economic data like the ISM that reveals a rather negative view on the U.S […]

Gold & Ratios: Are They Really Worth Much?

February 21, 2016

QUESTION:  Dear Martin , I had been following the the various gold bug theories since 2009 but became disillusioned after 2011 until I came across your site . What you say makes sense and something I trust , however there is still one issue I am struggling to understand . When gold spiked during the […]

Former Student Arrested for Late Student Loan Payments, Thanks to Hillary

February 20, 2016

FOX News reported that the U.S. Marshals Service in Houston is arresting people for failing to pay their outstanding federal student loans. Actually, Paul Aker, the subject of the Fox News report, failed to appear in court so the court sent U.S. Marshals to his home where he was arrested for a $1500 federal student loan he […]

Milton Friedman on Capitalism

February 20, 2016

Most of the wealth earned by the 1% is from INVESTMENT, not wages. So why are the 99% oppressed? Largely taxes. For example, Social Security is a simple tax. That money is not invested in your future. The government robs from Social Security and stuffs it with government debt, which they then move toward negative interest […]

Money Has Always Been What Was Available

February 20, 2016

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, most of the people in the gold community say you are wrong and gold has always been money. Would you care to respond? ANSWER: If you want to believe propaganda, that is fine. Have a nice day. I do not understand why people distort the truth to support their biases. The three […]

Market Talk — February 19, 2016

February 19, 2016

A very welcome quiet Friday after another volatile week for Asian markets but at least this one has been positive for the Nikkei. Closing down today (-1.3%) as dealers continue to question the BOJ’s drastic monetary policy (despite rumors of agree officials attempting to silence the media) but the Nikkei has closed up almost 7% […]

Are You Ready for Govt. to Implant a Chip In Your Hand to Fight “Terrorism”?

February 19, 2016

Well if you ever wanted to know how bad a totalitarian government can get, you need an uninhibited imagination for only then can you reach reality. We already have programs where the government encourages fingerprinting infants for their own safety in the incident of a kidnapping. Well, government may try implanted chips so they know all lifeforms […]

Gold – the Hedge Against Government

February 19, 2016

While government may see gold as the barbaric relic of the past monetary history, it still will serve as a hedge against them from the private individual side. Our biggest problem is the Hunt for Money. They are of the opinion it is not their fiscal mismanagement that is causing the instability, it is that we […]

Page 929 of 971