The Massachusetts Body of Liberties adopted as law by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bay December, 1641 1. No man’s life shall be taken away, no man’s honor or good name shall be stained, no man’s person shall be arrested, restrained, banished, dismembered, nor any ways punished, no man shall be deprived […]

The questions about gold v the Dow seem to be relentless. Here seems to be the number one question people ask. “Are you saying Gold & the Dollar and Dow can rise together?” Most of the nonsense about gold are sales pitches designed to convince people to buy. They far too often are not well […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Index has been pressing against the 2007 high, but we still need a monthly closing ABOVE 14280. Actually, we face rising volatility in March and April. As we approach the ECM target date of August 7th, 2013, we will need some caution. If we obtain a monthly closing ABOVE 14280 soon, […]

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 […]

[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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

470 F.3d 89 Martin A. ARMSTRONG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joseph R. GUCCIONE, United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York, and Marvin D. Morrison, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center, Respondents-Appellees, Alan M. Cohen, Intervenor Receiver-Appellee. Docket No. 04-5448-PR(L). Docket No. 05-0280-PR(CON). United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Argued: January 24, 2006. Decided: November 27, […]

Tim Geithner has resigned as US Treasury secretary. He was the man who protected the bankers no matter what they did. The “Geithner Doctrine” applied this theory of “Too Big To Fail” to corrupt bankers that manipulate everything they can for quick profits. They constantly blow up for they view it as they have done […]

1780 Virginia Paper Currency Virginia Investigates Gold Backed Currency – Alternative to the Dollar There is a whirlwind surrounding the whole issue of gold back currency that has so many people confused and running around wasting a lot of time. To set the record straight, we had a gold standard under Bretton Woods set up […]