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  Please do not cite me by name, but I am the military officer who wrote you previously from his ….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 […]

A lot of questions have come in about disease. Yes there is a cycle to plagues. We included just a brief comment on this cycle that amazingly nearly matched the Cycle of War 25.03 years with 25.15 years. The Romans were great secretaries and tended to record events of this nature. When we analyzed the history […]

I was asked my opinion about David Suzuki’s warning about overpopulation growth. It was brilliantly done and mathematically it is correct. His math explanation is applicable to the Sovereign Debt Crisis and how it will become a Phase Transition. Nevertheless, when applied to anything there is a self-defeating check and balance that I am surprised […]

QUESTION: Marty, thanks so much for explaining the difference between lowering rates trying to deflect capital flows as in Denmark and Switzerland. I understand the difference now and why you say the ECB is the first to apply this in a Keynesian stimulus context. Is this a complete modern development post-depression? Cheers; YJK ANSWER: The […]

A reader from New Zealand contributed this: COMMENT: Martin Happening in New Zealand SR http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11269366 Telcos reveal over 70 secret phone taps for govt By Patrice Dougan 5:00 AM Saturday Jun 7, 2014 Vodafone says there were 34 NZ warrants for phone interceptions by four Govt agencies in 2013. Photo / Thinkstock Phone companies have revealed […]

What the ECB has done is the first time a central bank has gone NEGATIVE to try to force people to spend. There have been NEGATIVE interest rates in a quasi situation with attempts to support a currency peg. This has been the case in Denmark. We also saw rates collapse in Switzerland when the […]