Strong equity rallies all across the globe today with most markets returning between 1.5 and 2.5%. In Europe it took time for both the FTSE and CAC to follow suit but by the end of the day made Europe a clean-sweep. The US markets performed well especially after FED comments. There is growing speculation that the FED […]

  QUESTION: Marty; You mentioned that you met with a board member of the IMF. It certainly seems you are having a much larger impact than you may realize. The IMF is now warning of a crash. Do you think you can help reverse the trend if given the chance? Thank you for caring BG […]

COMMENT:  Dear Marty, You are spot on: something big is happening in Germany at this very moment – just look at today’s headlines from Spiegel.de: Widerstand in der CDU gegen Merkels Einwanderungsgesetz = party internal opposition towards Merkel’s immigration policy Bundesregierung und EU-Kommission erwägen “Flüchtlings-Soli” = German Government mulls introduction of special migrants tax (Solidarity tax…..yeah….nice […]

We saw some solid gains in Asian Equities ranging from +0.5% (Hang Seng – highest close since the summer) up to the impressive 1.5% from the Nikkei. Generally, confidence in Asia is creeping back-in but dealers are saying that is only as long as the Shanghai Index remains above the psychological 3k level (closed today at […]

The other side of 2015.75 is not going to be pretty. The German industrial production report dropped 4% from July to August versus an expected decline of 1.5%. This is a hugely alarming month-on-month drop, which happens to be the largest drop in the past five years. This new revelation is shocking since there was […]

The day for equities peaked in Europe with most core markets up around 1%. The US changed the mood early in the session as the Biotechs took their toll on the NASDAQ and within a short time the index was 1% lower. Main talking point was the weakness of the US Dollar and the recovery […]

The market reaction to the U.S. data on Friday has confused many with both stocks and bonds bouncing into the close. Overnight, the Asian equity markets have continued the positive response. This has also carried into the European opening but interestingly only for equities. In the reaction in the bond markets, we have seen U.S. 10s remain just […]

The first thing government and the majority of academics try to hide is the business cycle for they argue only their policies will eliminate something that is part of nature. We must understand that the origin of all business cycles is humanity. I named one report which has become pretty famous “It’s Just Time” in […]

The fascinating aspect of the environment is this unprecedented bias that somehow humankind has altered the climate. Why these scientists do not try to see if such a trend is natural and extends back before 1900 is just mind numbing. A record setting area of cold water was found in the North Atlantic, which has […]

The 1985 World Economic Conference Back in 1985, we warned that the Sovereign Debt Crisis would emerge on 2015.75. How was 2015.75 forecast so far back? This is pi; 31.4 years into this Private Wave which began on 1985.65. At the 1998 World Economic Conference, we put out this slide listing the sequence of events. […]