With the Nikkei closed for a national holiday it was left to the Shanghai and Hang Seng to set the tone for the European markets following the weekend security fears in Belgium. Consequently, the Euro opened weak, as confidence continues to drift forcing money towards the US Dollar. Following this sentiment all European indices drifted […]

QUESTION: Has the ECM worked to the day in politics outside of the United States as in my home country Russia? ANSWER: Absolutely. Putin was elected on March 26th, 2000 (2000.23). That is precisely to the day from the collapse of the USSR on August 19th, 1991 (1991.63). This is a UNIVERSAL frequency. It is […]

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; your position is that the metals are not suppress by manipulation. There have been 3 major investigations into silver market manipulation of which each concluded there was no manipulation because COMEX silver was not out of line with the “Silver Fix”. Some say that this was a fake investigation and with the London […]

QUESTION: Hi,   Thanks for a great blog.    Mr. Armstrong,   I´d like to know your opinion for efficient market hypothesis. Theory states it is impossible to beat the market because market efficiency. I know you disagree with that, but is there any theory which states that markets can´t be efficient? And what’s your opinion of […]

QUESTION: Dear Martin: I hope you are well and congratulations for your amazing and educational daily blog. 1. Why you never accepted the business proposals of “The Club”?. 2. Why you said that be a hedge fund manager, would alter your quality of life?. 3. It is so stressful be a successful hedge fund manager, […]

COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; I know people say you are the source many watch. I heard you were posting photos of Russian soldiers in Eastern Ukraine before anyone knew they were there. Then you posted pictures of Frankfurt in flames when there was a blackout by the press reporting the protests against the ECB. Now on […]

The IMF and many economists (domestic and foreign) are now warning that a rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve, no matter when, will spark a major economic crisis in the emerging markets. They see this crisis being ripe for countries with high budget deficits, such as Turkey, as well as commodity-based economies. This includes […]

COMMENT:  Let’s see, penicillin was discovered in 1928, and first used en mass in 1943. Today, in 2015, antibiotic resistance is really becoming a problem (although it has been a minor problem for years, and will likely become a much larger problem in the future). Nonetheless, an article from the BBC today argues that we […]

According to various sources, ISIS is using the drug Captagon to create superhuman warriors. Perhaps this is true. However, it is by no means the first encounter with a warrior culture and it would be a mistake to assume it is simply drugs. The modern legend of warrior cults came from the island of Mindanao, […]