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Month: October 2017

Education – Computer Science is Still Mostly Self-Taught

QUESTION: Hi Mr. Armstrong, I am 19 and just started college at Georgia Tech. I’m a fan of your blog and greatly respect you and your team. I want to ask your...

Market Talk- October 12th, 2017

Mario Draghi, declared the intentions of the ECB were to keep rates low, well after the bond-buying program has ended. Draghi stated this was important to keep...

Private Blog – Dow for October 12th, 2017

Private Blog – Dow for October 12th, 2017 Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more,...

Capital Flow Movements

QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong, You said that people and institutions from Europe send their cash to the US to get a higher yield. This makes a lot of sense. At the...

Over 5 Million Government Employees Strike Against Fall of Socialism

In France, tens of thousands of people went to the streets for the first time in ten years in protest against Macron. All 5.4 million public employees went on...

Taxes the Lynch-Pin of Civilization

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong: I find it disheartening the more I try to advance my family to build a better future for them, the more I realize that the harder I work we...

Schäuble Warns of Coming Economic Crisis

In his farewell interview for the Financial Times, Federal Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble warned of a new global financial crisis predicated upon the...

Market Talk- October 11th, 2017

By reading the FED minutes, the officials outlined plans for a December rate hike as well a further 3 rate hikes next year. This was not a real surprise; the Fed...

Private Blog – Dow – Taxes – Future

Private Blog – Dow – Taxes – Future Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn...

Madrid Threatens Imprisonment & Death to Catalonia Leaders?

  The Spanish Government is clearly fascist and cannot escape that stigma. The day before the appearance of Carles Puigdemont in front of the regional...