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STAGFLATION = INFLATION + DEFLATION

QUESTION: Martin, I think I fully understand your argument that Hyperinflation can hot occur in an established economy/society and that  currents events are leading, almost inevitably to deflation but, in the same way as the interest rate cycle is turning up, for the majority of us, certainly in the UK, basic costs, e.g food/energy, are […]

Gold to be or Not to be

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, Much respect for your work.  Thank you.  Could gold be entering into an extended bear market that could take us past a low in the next couple of years.  I cannot possibly grasp how gold can even be involved in a portfolio with the movement to electronic money. My question is, could […]

Hyperinflation Definition

QUESTION: It seems some people play with the definition of hyperinflation and try to claim that is just 25% or more. This just does not seem right. Can you elaborate? ANSWER: Real hyperinflation is in the thousands of percent, We saw inflation hit 25% numerous times including going into 1980. The dollar did not die. […]

Earthquakes – Predictable?

  The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake 5:12 AM – April 18, 1906 QUESTION: Another thing I thought of is I wonder if your models can be used to predict major earthquakes and other similar events?  I understand there has been some good research done that has found a good correlation between them and solar sunspot […]

Capital Flows – The Key to Everything

QUESTION: HI Marty In your blog on Computer Intelligence you said “currency movement reflects the capital flows.” If the AI is attempting to predict the collapse of a currency, how does it pick this up from currency movements? Wouldnt the collapse in the currency occur first, before the computer can factor that movement in to […]

Death Always Creeps in From the Periphery of an Organism

QUESTION: Hi Marty, It seems that one can look at the periphery of an organism and it highlights its future. The sub-prime mortgage crisis that preceded the Global Financial Crisis being a case-in-point. And, dare I say it, Greece preceding what is to come in Europe. This made me wonder if the Chernobyl-like decay of […]

Will Electronic Money Be Deflationary?

QUESTION: Hi Martin, I read your article “The Tree Has Been Cut” and I’m playing devils advocate here. Catherine Austin Fitts, the Former Assistant Housing Secretary, estimates the re-cycling of Narco dollars into the US stock market is substantial. If electronic money results in better law enforcement and reduces both crime and the possibilities for […]

Global Market Watch Nov. 20th, 2013

The Global Market Watch has been posted for the close of November 20, 2013. https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/market-watch/

The Tree has been Cut – Electronic Money Will Force an Underground Economy based on Barter

QUESTION:  Martin, I’m trying to wrap my head around a couple of things… One of your recent blog entries mentioned, “The role of the metals will be as an alternative currency to ELECTRONIC when they terminate “printing” paper money,” and “The only real role for gold will be as an alternative currency not to the […]

Alistair Cooke – Prophet or Historian?

Alistair Cooke was a great historian. He saw cycles also within history. This is a short clip from 1973 explaining that indeed it is the same cycle over and over again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz6hmGiOn2I