QUESTION: Sir, like many others I was fleeced with the gold as money story and took my losses and moved on, particularly as I ingrained the principles of investing and practise the discipline of day trading – that of obeying the buy/sell signals and not falling in love with the trade. As a resident of Switzerland […]

They have now turned their focus in Spain on the Royal family. Yes, Princess Infanta Cristina has been summoned into court over money laundering and fraud. Today, hiding money from the government is Money Laundering and it carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.

Many European shares have been the best performers in 2013 and the general optimism in Europe for 2014 is far more bullish than in the USA. Even Reuters’ poll of more than 350 strategists, analysts and fund managers, shows the expectations are for more gains. Indeed, looking at the Frankfurt DAX, its gains in 2014 […]

The Global Market Watch has been posted for the close of January 6th, 2014. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/market-watch/

The rising tensions are appearing everywhere. In France workers at the Goodyear Plant have barricaded their bosses inside the plant using tires. In Asia, the Baht of Thailand has hit 4 year new lows and the Justice Minister has appeared on TV warning people who intended to participate in a strike being called “Operation Shutdown” […]

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We are facing 2014 perhaps with blinders on as a society. Western investors have largely ignored the trend in Europe, Japan, and China and are more likely than not going to be dramatically surprised. In Chine, the high in the Shanghai market remains 2007 and new lows are still possible going into 2014. The cash […]

  One question that rises to the surface immediately with the IMF proposal to confiscate 10% of everyone’s bank accounts in Europe, is what will this do to the Euro. Will the Euro rally or fall? The overwhelming misguided Dollar Haters who have preached the end of the dollar and rush out and buy gold […]

Yes the French elites are using the IMF to urge the confiscation of everyone’s accounts URGENTLY. The French have a long history of confiscating assets. This is a political belief in France that has been ingrained there for centuries. Napoleon actually imprisoned the Pope and confiscated the Papal States and took Venice. I do not […]

Official and security departments throughout Europe are now worried about a rising tide in Europe of Civil Unrest. In Spain, anyone who demonstrates spontaneously in the Spanish Parliament, have to pay a fine of €600,000 euros and thus no free speech. The Spanish are increasing penalties for protesting and threatening anyone who dares to film […]