COMMENT: Good Evening Martin, Great blog on the Gold Martin. Don’t bother with the nay -sayers. Most probably he got stock with too much gold and silver. Most people have bias thinking because they hold certain assets. In my country currently, most people are holding minimum 2 to 4 houses. Some are even promoting people to […]

  QUESTION: Martin, Can you go into more detail about the time frame for global cooling, and its ramifications, what to do to prepare oneself etc… Obviously this is going to affect everyone, everywhere. craig ANSWER: According to our models, this downturn should be greater than the last one in the 1700s. Volatility rises, so the swings […]

Jeremy Corbyn, the infamous Karl Marx admirer, has been elected UK opposition Labour Party leader. Corbyn is really a communist who professes an admiration for Karl Marx. He is the new face of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, which will help to make a British EU exit more likely. The Marxist sophistry is to rob anyone who has more. They never […]

It was a mixed session for Asia yesterday after what has been a very volatile week. The talk remains as to what China’s next move would/should be and “if” the Fed will move next week. This been the most awaited Fed decision in years and has been the hot topic just about everywhere. It was a clearer […]

It is fascinating is how congress kicked the can down the road, and one thing that may cause a fight is Planned Parenthood. If the government shuts down over this fight on the day of the ECM, it looks like it will be the peak in government debt, which could begin to make people wonder […]

We had the third perfect summer here in New Jersey. The temperature never really went above 95° F with no humidity. The last three years have been perfect as humidity used to be brutal, although not as bad as places like Tokyo. The sun energy output is dropping rapidly and we are heading into a colder […]

QUESTION: Thank you for your fascinating blog. I thoroughly enjoy reading your analysis on social, political, financial and historical topics. i would like to make a couple points with questions and get your analysis or feedback on these. First point: You describe that post 2015.75 (Big Bang), you expect a peak in bonds (safe haven) […]

S&P cut Brazil’s rating to BB-plus, the highest junk rating, from BBB-minus. The Sovereign Debt Crisis is unfolding right on time.

Question: What is your analysis of the recent migrant crisis in the the Middle East and Europe? Is this the death knell for European Civilization demographically, socially and politically? To me it appears to have parallels to the 3rd and 4th Century Roman Empire when tribes like the Goths first came as migrants fleeing the Huns and ended up […]

  “The Forecaster” translated into French becomes “l’ORACLE”, which to me is Warren Buffet’s tagline. This demonstrates the difference in attitude among the French citizens and U.S. citizens. Political manipulated polls aside, here the review begins, “If you are naturally pessimistic about our future…” This is the reason why I agreed to allow a German film crew to […]