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Month: April 2021

Market Talk – April 7, 2021

ASIA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its FY22 growth forecast for India to 12.5% from 11.5% estimated earlier in January, even as a resurgent Covid...

PRIVATE BLOG – Dow into Week of April 5th

PRIVATE BLOG – Dow into Week of April 5th Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more, please...

Archegos Capital Management Crisis

The Archegos Capital was founded by the former Tiger Management equity analyst, Bill Hwang. Archegos Capital, the “home office” hedge fund owned by...

What Gives Value to a Currency?

QUESTION: Hello Martin, can you explain to me how a currency would sustain value for international trade if a country, like Canada (where I live), did what you...

Understanding the Persecution of John Law

COMMENT: Hi Mr. Armstrong…..this is a surprising (to me) summary, on John Law. Every piece I ever read about him, cast him as a complete scoundrel, yet you...

Market Talk – April 6, 2021

ASIA: China’s factory activity in March expanded at the slowest pace in almost a year on softer overall domestic demand, but underlying economic conditions...

France in Lockdown

Europe is coming under a lot of pressure. In the UK, people ate becoming very angry over PM Boris Johnson’s consideration of “sinister and...

Rome Protest 4/6/2021

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Riots in Rome of Tyrannical Lockdowns

We have confirmation from readers in Rome that there has been a protest in Piazza Montecitorio which began as a sit-in protest by restaurateurs and other categories...

Biden’s Policy to Double Gasoline Prices

Biden’s objectives, or should I say the people really running his administration that does not include even Harris, is to DOUBLE gasoline prices which is...