The spotlight was firmly on China today where the equity tumbled over 6%. News that market regulators are investigating suspected violation by some of the countries brokerages finance their clients stock purchases. Citic fell to its daily limit (-10%) before … Continue reading
The 2015 Berlin World Economic Conference will begin tomorrow. Early Check In will be tonight. We will be looking at what makes this all tick and the forecast for when the markets will turn in commodities, phase transitions, debt, war, … Continue reading
A ton of emails are flooding in asking what to do with gold since it made new lows after yet another false rally. I appreciate all the people who have been hurt by the goldbugs. Just remember, what goes up … Continue reading
The Economic Confidence Model may have pinpointed the start of the demise of Western Civilization. On September 28, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama had a 90-minute face off at the UN in New York. Putin … Continue reading
COMMENT: Armstrong-san, in Japan there is a belief that the Japanese government instigated your case because you warned that the Postal Savings fund would require government funds to bail it out because they lost the people’s money trying to support … Continue reading
The United Nations projects that over the next 50 years, the population in the industrialized world (US-Europe-Japan) will DECLINE, not expand. The population is suffering from growing old and the youth are so burdened with taxes they are not getting … Continue reading
COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; I do not want to reveal my sources but your ordeal with the government and Republic National Bank was linked to the shady dealings that Safra was involved with in Russia with the blessings of the U.S. … Continue reading
The arrogance of people who try to claim that Pi has nothing to do with the business cycle is really amazing. They assume that a business cycle means we have no free will. They are ignorant of the fact … Continue reading
If not for the Autumn Statement by the Chancellor George Osborne in the British Parliament today, I think dealers would have called an early night ahead of the long weekend in the U.S. Asian equities were really nothing to write home about, closing mixed … Continue reading
EU President Jean-Claude Juncker has warned of the end of the single currency if EU members resurrect border controls once again. This statement reflects the internal dissent with Germany over the refugee crisis. It certainly seems rather insane that … Continue reading
