The demand for housing in Canada drastically outweighs the supply. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has confirmed that fewer new builds are expected for 2024. In fact, the agency anticipates that Canada will be short by 3.45 million homes by 2030 – right on time. Better yet, the gap is certain to widen […]

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 14.90 points or -0.05% to 31,857.62 Shanghai closed Hang Seng increased 436.63 points or 2.51% to 17,809.66 ASX 200 increased 23.80 points or 0.34% to 7,048.60 Kospi closed SENSEX increased 320.09 points or 0.49% to 65,828.41 Nifty50 increased 114.75 points […]

Our founder, Martin Armstrong, began trading in the mid-1960s. He noticed that it did not matter what the investment was; everything would rally in the heat of a buying panic and then crash in the blink of an eye. His history teacher in high school brought in a black & white movie, The Toast of […]

ASIA: JPMorgan’s head of emerging market economics has suggested that the Reserve Bank of India is likely to purchase dollars and sell bonds to manage rupee liquidity as India’s inclusion in global bond indices approaches. JPMorgan’s decision to include India in its emerging market bond index in June 2024 is expected to bring in $15 […]

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson abruptly left the Democratic Party to join the GOP. The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed entitled “America’s Cities Need Republicans, and I’m Becoming One,” where Johnson explains why his values no longer align with the Democratic Party. Dallas saw a notable decline in crime since Johnson became mayor in 2019. […]

ASIA:   S&P Global Ratings has kept India’s growth forecast for the current fiscal year at 6%. This decision is based on factors such as the global economic slowdown, increased risk of below-average monsoons, and the delayed impact of interest rate hikes. Although the agency views the recent surge in vegetable prices as temporary, it […]

  Illegal aliens are pouring into America from the southern and northern borders. Cities have been destroyed, public places overrun, and local governments are wiping out their budgets to support these intruders. US citizens are beginning to clash with refugees, as was witnessed in Staten Island, NY, when people tried to prevent migrants from exiting […]

COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong, I just wanted to say thank you so much. I was listening to the perpetual gold analysts for years who never changed their tune. It was always buy, buy, buy, and the dollar would go to zero any day now. They always looked at the Fed and the balance sheet, and when […]

ASIA:   China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), has announced a second reduction in the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for banks this year. This move, effective from September 15, involves a 25 basis point cut for all banks, excluding those with a 5% reserve ratio already in place. The reduction is aimed […]

The Ukrainians carried out a mass attack with 20 kamikaze drones against the Pskov air base 700 km from the border with Ukraine and 30 km from Estonia. The drones hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, causing a huge blaze and damaging four Il-76 military transport planes, which can carry heavy […]