The precious metals Desk at JP Morgan Chase on September 16, 2019, was criminally charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with being a criminal enterprise for approximately eight years in its manipulation of the prices of gold, silver, and other precious metals. The head of that desk and two other precious metals traders were […]
Orlando WEC October 25-26, 2019 We have a number of people who buy the tickets to get all the materials but do not actually fly to the United States to attend. We are trying to work out how many seats we may have available. We were trying to keep the audience smaller this year, but […]
ASIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia will be aiding China to build a warning system to identify intercontinental ballistic missile launches. At this current moment, only Russia and the US have this installed. US President Donald Trump called on China to investigate on Joe Biden, perhaps again inviting foreign interference in a […]
QUESTION: Didn’t Hillary get her brother a mining contract after giving relief to Haiti? FG ANSWER: Yes. This is what I mean. In the real world we live in, you go to prison for a long time if you do a deal in the private sector where a family member receives some benefit. Hillary’s brother, […]
ASIA: President Donald Trump said today that the Chinese delegation would be visiting the US next week for more trade talks. He also expressed that they are doing well. “I have a lot of options on China. But if they don’t do what we want, we have tremendous power,” he told media. Hong Kong’s authority […]
ASIA: Fresh protests have broken out in Hong Kong as anger mounts over police shooting a teenage protester and later defending it as “lawful and reasonable.” Meanwhile, China has criticized the US, UK, and the EU for siding with the “mob” and underplaying the violence of the protestors against the police. The Philippine foreign secretary […]
ASIA: China today held a military event showing off their military might. This event marked the 70th year anniversary of Communist rule in China. They showed off their new intercontinental ballistic missile, which has a reach of 12 to 15 km. The worrying thing for most of the world is the speed at which it could […]
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; My friend who retired from the Bank of Japan told me you had recreated the monetary system of Japan and that was how you could predict the yen would go below par back in 1995 and again in 2011. Could you please publish the chart on the yen showing the full monetary […]
ASIA: Chinese economic data from last Friday showed that industrial company profits dropped 2% in August from a year ago. It reversed a 2.6% gain in the previous month, indicating growing pressure on the corporate sector as the economy slows further. President Xi of China paid his respects to the founder of the Communist […]
Climate has ALWAYS changed from decade to decade. There were major swings (volatility) during the 1930s. You had the dust bowl during the summer and in 1936 you had record cold. The 1936 North American cold wave, which also hit Japan and China, still rank among the most intense cold waves in the recorded history […]
