QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Thank you so much for taking the time to explain what is often complex subjects in a common sense manner. You seem to be more concerned about deflation than inflation and I can see how this obsession with raising taxes is very deflationary. My family’s healthcare costs have more than doubled under […]

  Behind the fall of Communism are some very interesting trends that are not understood very well in the West. The stark difference between Russia and China was the attitude toward the people. In Russia, Stalin was paranoid about what was in people’s minds. In China, it was the tall poppy syndrome – as long […]

  While the ultimate socialist has her eyes on 2016, so does our model. We have been projecting this target not only for the potential rise in Third Party votes, the Sovereign Debt Big Bang, but the turning point in pensions as well. Social Security is negative true, but what will also turn negative is […]

QUESTION: Marty; Virtually every so-called analyst on TV has missed the US stock rally. When they asked … how does it feel that he missed the rally, he said he didn’t miss it because he was in a foreign market not US. Then he said once the Fed cuts off all of its QE stimulus the […]

Judge Rakoff is a lone warrior – perhaps the only man standing in the New York court system. There are other judges who are not entirely corrupt, but fear ruling against government. Judge Rakoff also handled the case of the purported terrorist who confessed according to prosecutors  Mr. Abdallah Higazy, an Egyptian graduate student, was […]

COMMENT: Martin:I am writing to confirm what you said about Guantanamo.  Please do not cite me by name, but I am the military officer who wrote you previously from his ….   Some of the soldiers I work with were previously stationed at Guantanamo and I spoke to them about the exchange:  They confirmed through their […]

A lot of people have written asking my take on the Terrorist Exchange. The first question to ask – are they really terrorists? Assume nothing. The answer is probably no. Why? Obama promised on 60 Minutes to stop the torture and to close Guantanamo Bay. He used that citing Bush during the Presidential Campaign. Why did he […]

QUESTION: Marty; I do find it curious how Barron’s quoted your forecast for new highs in 2011, and you seem to be the only person who was correct, yet they constantly turn to people who have never been right to talk bearishness about the market. You once wrote that the Wall Street Journal refused to […]

QUESTION: Not sure if this is even possible. Can the consumer savings interest rates go to a level at or below Zero that will drag down the lending interest rate lower? Thus making borrowing even cheaper to stimulate the economy with more cheaper debt and punish savers. Will our designed economic system sustain this thinking […]

Last November I warned that as part of the cycle turning up in war and civil unrest in conjunction with the Sovereign Debt Crisis, we should Expect Riots & Rise of Nationalism After 2015.75 To Pick Up Steam. Because Greece is where this cycle began on the Pi turning point from the 2007.15 high in the […]