The State of the Union is being used to further the disarming of all law-abiding citizens. It is already illegal to use a gun in drugs, Mafia, robbery, or just to possess a gun with a prior record. None of this has had any effect on reducing crime significantly. So we do not need […]

How to trade a Panic is one of the most important skills you will need to survive the years ahead. This is where the greatest amount of money is both won as well as lost. There have been few traders over the decades that have really mastered this fine art. It takes a lot of […]

Quite a few readers have asked: “You must be advising Japan again. China is too obvious. You say don’t buy bonds from NY and 2 weeks later they stop. Looks like Japan is following you again.” We just cannot comment on who is a client or not. As for the trend, yes. The dollar bottomed […]

I have been asked was this Resignation of the Pope in accordance with the cycles? Actually yes. 2013 was a  Directional Change for the Papacy. It was 230 intervals of 8.6 years. If we take the excommunication of Martin Luther on January 3, 1521, the cycle hit also in 2011.208, The year 2013 was a […]

Heinrich Schliemann (1822 – 1890) was a German businessman and the real man who pioneered of field archaeology. He believed in the historical accuracy of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid and that they told stories that reflected actual historical events. Of course, all the academics pronounced Homer’s writing was a story for children. Schliemann was […]

[wpvideo OQg6rTaz] Sovereign Debt Crisis Our Proposal Present to Government of Cyprus List of Modern Sovereign Debt Defaults 1800 – 2012  Armstrong Economics: Anatomy of a Debt Crisis(Martin Armstrong, 03/18/12) Armstrong Economics: Credit Default Swaps Prove Worthless (Martin Armstrong, 03/02/12) Armstrong Economics: The Sovereign Debt Crisis (Martin Armstrong, 02/24/12) Armstrong Economics: What’s Going On Now […]

Lawyers outside the USA handling Americans who live outside the country, amounting to 33% of the population of Canada, are reporting massive lines to resign their citizenship. One Swiss married to an American woman for 20 years, took their son to the local bank at age 14 to open his first account. They rejected him […]

Traveling around the world and meeting with governments revealed a very interesting development. Because of my confrontation with New York, everyone felt at ease to speak frankly. They all confirmed that the view of NYC is on par with some third world dictatorship. Speaking with fund managers produced similar results. After MF Global, they concur, […]

606 F.2d 28 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,120 Michael F. ARMSTRONG et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Clovis McALPIN et al., Defendants-Appellants. No. 1010, Docket 79-7042. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Argued June 13, 1979. Decided Sept. 12, 1979. J. Robert Lunney, New York City (Michael J. McAllister and James J. DeLuca, Lunney & […]

List of modern Sovereign Debt Defaults or Debt Restructuring The following list includes actual sovereign defaults and debt restructuring of independent countries from 1800 till 2012 Africa Algeria (1991) Angola (1976, 1985, 1992-2002) Cameroon (2004) Central African Republic (1981, 1983) Congo (Kinshasa) (1979) Côte d’Ivoire (1983, 2000) Gabon (1999–2005) Ghana (1979, 1982) Liberia (1989–2006) Madagascar […]