Sick leave in Europe has risen to highest level in 20 years. In the first half of 2016, sick leave in Germany has reached the highest level in about 20 years. Almost 40 percent of workers were on sick leave at least once during this period. It appears that the Refugee issue is creating a […]

The refugee crisis in Europe is just exploding from killing priests during a mass to raping girls in swimming pools. In Paris, a bus was stopped by a makeshift barricade and then set on fire by a group of young men shouting, “Allahu Akbar!” The young men constructed a barricade in the middle of the road using […]

Awareness of government corruption is rising on a global scale. This is all part of the private wave that peaks in 2032.95. We are experiencing the complete craziness of a collapsing government. Hillary Clinton is the classic example. Compared to Richard Nixon, who had to deal with 18.5 minutes of recorded conversations that were allegedly […]

  QUESTION: Marty; Some people are calling for a 1987 crash now because the Dow has declined for 9 days and that is a prelude to a crash. Is there any validity to this pattern? ANSWER: No. The technical support clearly lies at the 18110-18120 level. This should be a normal retest of that support. […]

A bounce late in the US saw overnight gains for the Nikkei (1%+) with the Hang Seng and Shanghai. All pretty much well behaved for thin summer trading and it was we were looking forward to both the Bank of England and tomorrow Non-Farms report. Many dealers pointed to the turnaround for the price of oil but […]

  There is a story running that deceased Special Agent Barry Lee Bush, who was shot and killed on April 5, 2007, was arrested for breaching the Trump Tower with the intent to assassinate Trump. This story is by no means true. The real story is that retired NYPD officer Anthony Shark was charged with assaulting Secret Service agents. […]

QUESTION: What if everyone followed Socrates? ANSWER: That would never happen. It is like saying that everyone would vote either Democratic or Republican, or that Congress would suddenly work together. That is the way governments think because they do not comprehend how the world actually functions. They engage in propaganda and try to manipulate society. […]

Obama is reviewing the ban on military weapons for police forces after multiple instances of deliberate attacks on police officers. Instead of prosecuting the bad police officers, they are preparing to dig their heels in and arm the police to escalate the confrontation between the people and the police. This, unfortunately, is also how Rome ended. […]

  QUESTION: Marty, it was interesting for you to mention some chinese history including the mongol empire the other day. i am currently studying the monetary history of china. am reading the book “Fountain of Fortune” and “History of Money” by Glyn Davies. Davies mentions how the Roman monetary system collapsed in about nine years, […]

  Japan remains unloved opening down 1% and then drifting even lower as exporters led the way. The JPY has seen the safety bid for the majority of the week whilst the Nikkei has lost around 4% so far. Finally we saw a little support return for JGB’s since the news but then they have seen yields rising (or I […]