ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 406.92 points or 1.13% to 36,452.30 • Shanghai closed • Hang Seng closed • ASX 200 increased 19.40 points or 0.24% to 8,145.60 • SENSEX closed • Nifty50 closed The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • […]

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June 2025 Webinars About our webinars: Due to the high demand and interest surrounding recent and upcoming significant turning points, we are offering another webinar on the Economic Confidence Model (ECM) and the global business cycle. While researching the fluctuations in prices, Martin Armstrong came across a list of international economic panics. Just for fun, he decided to explore the merits of cycle theory, and while researching, […]

QUESTION: Hey Martin, I’ve been receiving this question frequently—are there particular markets we should be focusing on, or is the upcoming ECM turning point more of a general signal across the board? The economic confidence model is due in early May, and could you please tell me what markets Marty says to focus on when it […]

Washington state is multiplying taxes for mega corporations in a move to cover its widening budget deficit. The state is expected to face a $12 to $16 billion shortfall over the next four years, according to the Office of Financial Management. The deficit should come as no surprise as state spending has ballooned by 40% […]

Russia-North Korean relations are stronger than ever. Russia has begun construction on a 4.7-kilometer bridge across the Tumen River that will connect the two nations. Russia’s Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, announced that the project will facilitate trade and tourism and reduce transportation costs. “This is truly a milestone for Russian-Korean relations,” Mishustin said during a […]

The British Neocons, i.e., Boris Johnson, for whatever reason, have decided to wage war against Russia from the outset. ” It has been pathetic… Let’s face it: We’re waging a proxy war but not giving our proxies the ability to do the job. For years now, we’ve been allowing them to fight with one hand […]

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its first estimate for US GDP in Q1, a 0.3% decline annually. The decline was mainly due to a sharp 41% uptick in imports as they are subtracted when calculating the final GDP figure. Pharmaceutical goods, medicines and vitamins, computers and parts drove imports in the […]

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 205.39 points or 0.57% to 36,045.38 • Shanghai decreased 7.62 points or -0.23% to 3,279.03 • Hang Seng increased 111.30 points or 0.51% to 22,119.41 • ASX 200 increased 55.60 points or 0.69% to 8,126.20 • SENSEX decreased 46.14 points […]

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