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Armstrong Economics 101

Elizabeth Warren’s Insane Proposals

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, Elizabeth Warren’s proposal seems to lack any comprehension of the economic impact. She has said: “To put our economy — and...

Fixed Exchange Rates Have Always Caused Major Financial Crises

Margaret Thatcher on the ERM Crisis & why even the euro will...

Currency That Expires – That’s the Solution – Or Just Cancel it all?

Back during the Great Depression, there were people who theorized that gold hoarding was preventing an economic recovery. There is always this same theory that...

The Club & Why the Majority Must be Always Wrong

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I did my own research on the 1998 Russian collapse. All the big names lost billions. Even the New York Times reported that George Soros...

The World through Everyone’s Eyes

COMMENT: Sir, I appreciate that I may not always agree with what you write but I listen and examine and respect your viewpoint. You, in turn, have answered my many...

Lebanon Declares State of Economic Emergency

Lebanon has maintained a peg to the US dollar for about two decades and as all pegs go, this one is under pressure as the rise in the dollar imports deflation. The...

Only a Computer can Forecast What no Human Has witnessed in Modern Times

COMMENT: Marty; I found my ticket to your Japanese session from March 1999 when you warned the audience the club was targeting the yen for March-end. You told...

The Ugly Baby who Survived

The Australian story of Robert Hoge’s mother who thought her baby was so ‘ugly’ she refused to take him home – initially. That moment indeed shaped his...

A Nose for Trading

QUESTION: I realize my opinion is of little consequence; but I find something interesting and needed to share. After doing a lot of backtesting using many criteria...

Life & How it Evolves

QUESTION: Martin; What was the tipping point in your investing infancy that flung you to believe you could invest for others? If so can you tell us the trade? And...