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Private Blog – Gold & Euro

Private Blog Posts have been Made Available on Gold & the Euro for Today’s Closing Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers....

Soros – One of the Greatest Threats Against Society?

It is no secret that I have no respect for George Soros and that is aside from the fact that we would often be on opposite sides of the market. I never saw Soros as...

Suicide by Police

Every police officer is armed and rarely will they ever be found guilty of killing citizens. In London, the police were unarmed and there was far less violence. A...

Illinois – Property Values Collapsing as Taxes Rise

Property values in Illinois are collapsing thanks to the State being over the edge with its fiscal mismanagement. The state employee pensions are bankrupting the...

Private Blog – Dow Down into March?

Private Block – Dow Down into...

Market Talk- February 8, 2018

  Shanghai was the only one to underperform the core with a 1.4% decline and a weaker currency market. The Trade numbers missed expectations and that was...

You Can Never Dance with the Devil – Confessing was Never a Historical Option

The Tom Hanks film, Bridge of Spies, portrays the capture and exchange of Rudolf Ivanovich Abel (1903-1971). He was known as the spy who would not break. You must...

Source for the History of Interest Rates

QUESTION: Hello Martin: I was quoting you while speaking to a friend from a similar recent post where you stated that interest rates were at 5,000-year lows. They...

Worst Drought in Capetown in 112 Years – Part of the Cycle

QUESTION: Marty, Any thoughts/comments regarding the impending water shortage in Capetown? As a person who has much historical knowledge, are you aware of a major...

Market Talk- February 7th, 2018

The mood was a little down this afternoon, that Asian equity markets could not produce more enthusiasm than we saw today. With all core markets opening on a...