QUESTION: Martin, After many years of reading your work I thank you for improving my knowledge of all kinds. From reading your work I conclude the pi cycle has to exist, it is the anchor point of the other cycles as well as their composite. The destructive power it seems to usher in is what […]

We will be sending out the gold update to the 2014 Precious Metals Report next week. The update will be exclusively for those who have purchased the 2014 Precious Metals report and will cover gold going into the fall. The 2015 Precious Metals Report will be issued in November and will cover the future prospect […]

QUESTION:  Mr Armstrong, interesting article today, the story of the store of value (at least long term) has always confused me. One can look at saving accounts also as an asset as it yields the interest payment and one relinquishes the access to the money. No difference to bonds. But your article causes some questions: […]

Angela Merkel and IMF chief Christine Lagarde can laugh it up as Europe burns down. The whole crisis stems from antiquated ideas that center on what money actually is. If you do not grasp what the true function which money actually provides within the economy, then you will be unable to get anything else right […]

There is no real difference between goldbugs and stockbugs. Both tend to view the world through rose-colored glasses with blinders. They forget that ALL markets go both up and down and this is quite normal. A true global hedge fund manager must look at all asset classes, not just stocks or commodities. They must also view the world of currencies. We […]

  QUESTION: Dear Martin, Although I am not that knowledgeable in Economics, I have been following your blog for some time now. I am intrigued by the patterns Socrates unearthed regarding human behavior. I can appreciate a good puzzle. We keep repeating  everything  we do, but it grows more devastating as our technical  knowledge improves, […]

QUESTION: Hello, I am one of the little people surviving on the minimum wage in the UK whilst raising my children to be responsible human beings and hopefully contribute to a better world. Thank you for your blog and your valuable insights, you have quite a following from those who have no financial interests and […]

A lot of e-mails are coming in from people who are asking to join in for the IPO of Socrates. A few companies have now offered to buy in and pay for an accelerated mainframe and staff. We greatly appreciate the support. We will try to launch next year. I do believe that is the […]

Dennis Lockhart, President of Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, stuck to his guns late Monday by stating that he still expects the Fed to raise short-term interest rates in the next few months. I have been warning that without higher rates, the Fed is facing a pension crisis because rates have been kept way too low […]

QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong, Thank you for all your writings. I may not understand them all, but certainly appreciate what you are doing to inform those of us you care what is happening in this world economy. Question: With the dow tanking, is this considered the FALSE move you wrote about previously. That in essence […]