The Roosevelt Administration’s Proposal For Voluntary Annuities   The Administration’s Proposals-   When President Roosevelt submitted his legislative package to Congress on January 17, 1935, the Administration’s proposals contained three provisions designed to provide retirement security for older Americans:   1. A System of Old Age Pensions- These were state-run welfare programs for the elderly. […]

Question: I was at your 1985 Conference in Princeton. You made two points with the ECM that have stuck with me all these years. You said the peak in Britain was with World War I following the 309.6 year wave That was 1918. You then said the 2032 turning point was death of the USA. […]

I was one of the three largest wholesale gold dealers going into 1980. I wrote the law making gold not taxable for the State of New Jersey stating it would not be taxed unless “converted to use” only to have the bureaucrats change that saying it was taxable because it was an “investment use” and […]

A reader wrote: “Martin’s latest post says real estate will rise, but a chart posted a week ago predicts dire things for real estate after 2015.  Which is it? Can you ask him please!” Real Estate is the most difficult to talk about because it is so diverse lacking a single market. My post saying […]

Obama keeps turning to speaking engagements blasting the Republicans and refuses to negotiate with them despite the poles show that 59% now believe he should be staying in Washington. There is another agenda going on that is becoming very obvious to real political observers. Obama is pushing the  gun controls and more taxes in order […]

Question: “What is your opinion on interest rates impact on real estate?  Once interest rates rise will real estate crash?” ANSWER: No! Once rates start to turn, then you will see a faster rise in real estate. This normally takes place because people see rates rise and anticipate they will continue. Likewise, as long as […]

The French tax Gestapo has raided the french subsidiaries of eBay, Paypal, Google, Amazon, and even LinkedIn (LinkedIn France SAS) in Paris. The French tax Gestapo over the last couple of months have raided many large US multinationals looking for money and French using their systems and emails, They fail to undetrstand all they are doing is now chasing […]

It is getting just outright outrageous. This is a man that cannot be as stupid as his statements. Why is it laying off government workers will effect business because they will have less to spend, but raising taxes on the average person 10% is nothing. Then he wants to raise taxes even more to keep […]

We have defined inflation in our Glossary as: Inflation  – Normally defined as the rate of percentage increase on an annual basis within the general price level.  Most often calculated from the rate of change in the CPI index. This is further defined by government as the rise in the price of goods and services. However, […]

Europe can look to the United States for its history lesson when you have a Sovereign Debt Crisis that is an epidemic among member states. The United States emerging market Sovereign State Debt Crisis of the 1839-1844 period was a serious economic event that destroyed the credit standing of ALL states and the Federal Government. This […]