QUESTION: Hi Marty, Just a little curious after reading your blog on ‘Can Anyone Really Influence Elections?’ , I was wondering if your model actually showed that India would get a majority mandate to the ruling dispensation a second time even though the Economy had been growing weaker over the last few years especially post […]

ASIA: The US and China will resume talks tomorrow in Washington, and China’s Vice Minister of Finance Liao Min will lead the “vice – ministerial” delegation to discuss trade and economic issues. The aim is to remove the upcoming tariffs which are expected to come into play on October 15th on over 250 billion USD […]

QUESTION: Hi Marty… I’ve been reading your blog for several years now. I’ve been trying to understand the basics about your reversal system is with no luck. Yet I’ve been trading stocks with only simple trend lines for years using basic tech A. PS I still don’t even understand how the Federal Reserve works either… […]

ASIA: There are ongoing concerns regarding how the Chinese slowdown and rising oil prices will impact global economy. There was no real news emanating regarding progress with the US-China trade deal. However, due to the shortages of US pork, China announced they will release 10,000 MT of pork from its central reserves this week in […]

ASIA: Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying was quick to dispel rumors that Iran was responsible for the drone attacks on the weekend. “In the absence of conclusive investigation and results, we don’t think it is responsible to blame anyone,” a spokesperson said. “Our position is that we are against any action that aggravates or […]

QUESTION: What did you think of the Democratic debate. It looks like they are just preoccupied with hating Trump they have lost touch with reality. You previously said that the Democrats could collapse as a party after 2020. Does that seem likely? PH ANSWER: I know the press is spinning this that Trump will surely […]

I have had some interesting conversations of late with people I would say are among the power-brokers who tend to pour money into the pockets of politicians to get a favored status. There is a rising concern that perhaps in Europe they have assumed this was just fear politics about climate and they have ignored […]

ASIA: Hong Kong’s $37 billion bid to takeover the London Stock Exchange (LSE) was rejected this Friday. The LSE board unanimously rejected the bid due to “fundamental flaws.” Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) had hoped the deal would “create a truly global market infrastructure group connecting the East and West.” Recent reports suggest that […]

QUESTION: I mentioned that you said the stock market rallies with rising rates and declines with lower rates to an analyst. He said you were wrong and everyone knows that is not true and President Trump just came out calling on the Fed to lower rates to zero or negative. You have only shown 1929 […]

QUESTION: Marty, Sometime you compare today’s financial markets and economy to what was going on in the mid to late 1920s . Woodrow Wilson is even referenced concerning the flight of capital and of course that flight came to the United States. You also say that the global markets and economy are unlike anything in […]