British intelligence GCHQ has spied on the Transatlantic fiber optic cable grabbing ALL German e-mails and phone calls. Just what the hell is going on in this world? This is like a jealous girl/boyfriend trying to make you account for every minute you are not with them. Enough is enough! Any politician who defends this […]

There is no hint of the Department of Justice bringing Criminal Charges against Corzine. But the worldwide criticism against the players in NYC being the “Untouchables”, has been widespread. The government hopes to address this issue the same as always with a civil charge that will eventually be dismissed for a fine as always and […]

The A$ has been dropping of late as the US dollar is rallying on a global scale. This is impacting also commodity prices and the bottom line is simply that the US$ remains as the biggest short out there and a rally will be devastating on a global scale. It is also the only hope […]

QUESTION: No one ever talks about the depression from 1920-1921, but as I recall in researching it the government and the Fed never intervened and just let things play out.    In the end this depression hurt for awhile, but was over very quickly and from that point on we had the roaring 20’s. You […]

The spin that gold is money and fiat does far more damage than you may suspect. The only way to get gold really through the 1980, which is $2300 adjusted for inflation, requires the majority to get behind it. The majority look at the facts. Gold declined for 19 years and it was still “fiat”. […]

There is a huge difference between buying real estate in America and that in Europe or even Asia. The USA tells you to buy a home for your retirement. But nobody looks at the bottom line. Let’s say you buy a home with a $300,000 30-Year Mortgage. In interest at 4.75% you will pay just […]

COMMENT:  Hello Martin This will be interesting - stock market UP / economy Down / bonds down / real estate Up / dollar Up Up / taxes Up / gold Down / civil unrest Up / weather cycle - unstable Wow only a computer could generate this outcome... ANSWER: Absolutely. The most interesting aspect of […]

QUESTION: Hello Mr. Armstrong, In a recent post you write, “HYPERINFLATION takes place not because of any threshold in the quantity of money that has been crossed. It is a matter of confidence.”  Is there any historical precedence for a people losing confidence in a currency, where it is being restricted, i.e., not printed in […]

Defining the Business Cycle By Martin Armstrong There are those that adamantly deny the existence of a Business Cycle for one simple reason; if a regular Business Cycle exists, then man and his government, driven by special interests, are incapable of manipulating its outcome. The entire foundation of Marxism was the recognition of the Business […]