COMMENT: You say you do not advise Trump. But whatever you seem to project, he does. Others seem to be copying your forecasts, even debt ad ___ suddenly says the default comes when you can’t sell the debt. Interestingly, they do not have the historical examples or the database that you do. So, how does […]

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ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 263.08 points or 0.72% to 37,053.10 • Shanghai increased 60.84 points or 1.81% to 3,419.57 • Hang Seng increased 497.33 points or 2.12% to 23,959.98 • ASX 200 increased 40.60 points or 0.52% to 7,789.70 • SENSEX closed • Nifty50 […]

COMMENT: Marty, Happy Pi Day. I think it was inevitable that you would discover the relationship between Pi and the economy and the markets. I found it to be fate since you grew up at 314 South Lippincott Avenue. JF REPLY: Perhaps it was fate. That was an extraordinary coincidence. I never thought about that […]

COMMENT from Italy: Dear Mr Armstrong, I just read your topic on volcanoes and cooling weather Please note: Etna is erupting, slowly Stromboli had a small eruption last year with earthquake On 13march on Campi Flegrei, “caldara” where Vesuvio is Located, had an earthquake of magnitudo 4.1 Thus it seems all italian volcanoes have signs […]

QUESTION: Marty, Socrates is just amazing. You have been correlating agriculture and climate as volcanoes that produce major global cooling events. Well, just an observation: Many volcanos are becoming active or erupting simultaneously. Do you see a volcanic winter in the cards? Sam ANSWER: There is about a 309.6-year cycle to the big ones that […]

Americans are more likely to support Israel amid the Middle East conflict, but support is waning. A Gallup poll found that 46% of Americans feel sympathy toward Israel, marking the lowest support in Gallup’s 25 years of tracking. Around 33% of Americans reportedly sympathize with Palestine, a six percentage point rise from 2024 and the […]

According to the Treasury Department, America’s deficit surpassed the $1 trillion mark this February. The deficit reached $307 billion for the month, marking a 2.5X increase on a monthly basis and 3.7% higher on an annual basis. The deficit for the first five months of FY25 hit $1.15 trillion, a $318 billion increase (+38%) from […]