During a standard check at Lamezia Terme in Calabria, Italy, rapper Snoop Dog was found to be in possession of $422,820 in U.S. cash, a police source told CNN. Italian Finance Police seized $205,933 and it is unclear whether the rapper can appeal to get those funds back. The maximum amount of cash that passengers […]

I will be in Athens, Greece, the birthplace of democracy and where the Sovereign Debt Crisis made its first appearance on the Pi Target back in 2010. This will be a live broadcast to 13 countries throughout Europe on September 29, 2015. We will be providing the info for clients.

COMMENT: Martin – The distaste for and turning-away from status-quo government that you predicted several years ago is showing up in more countries: (Sweden) REPLY: This is a worldwide trend. We are witnessing this everywhere from India to Eastern Europe, South America to Canada, from Australia to Japan, and from Sicily to Sweden. This is […]

Finally, a state judge was sentenced to 28 years in prison for taking bribes from a private juvenile prison where he sentenced kids for the profit of the prison. I have yet to meet any judge who is actually “HONORABLE” as the title they bestow upon themselves suggests. The issue is not that all judges accept bribes; rather it […]

Asia produced a mixed session for equity markets today with all majors closing in the red. Not too much gossip as most players were digesting the ADP report, guessing China’s next move (with dealers still bidding on long-end Treasuries), and anticipating Friday Non-Frams. Europe saw a more positive note closing with small gains, but it was the U.S. market […]

You can always expect a quiet session when one of the major centers are out for a bank holiday, and that was what we saw yesterday. Not that dealers needed much of an excuse after last week’s fun and games. Asia did have a weak session after all the talk of the possibility of the Federal Reserve […]

So far, the markets are generally positioning themselves for a turn at the end of September. The Dow has traded sideways since Thursday, trying to cling to the rebound. We need a closing today ABOVE 17007 to firm up the market, and a closing below 16632 will warn that the Dow is weak going into […]

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Because of the civil asset forfeiture laws I think I understand why you say own only gold coins before 1947 not bullion they can call cash. Am I correct? HP ANSWER: Absolutely. Even that will not be a guarantee against government who has gone totally criminal. However, if you have circulated common date $20, […]

While we need some form of rule of law and independent body to appeal to for complaints, there is no question that government is by far the evilest invention ever created by humankind. When you actually look at how government begins, it allows us to see that the heart of the problem is always greed and power. Today, […]

A mixed bag for equity markets across the globe today with two out of three core Asian indices closing higher. The Nikkei and Shanghai produced impressive 3%+ gains this Friday whilst the Hang Seng Index lost 1.05%. In Europe, the DAX failed to trade in the black all day, but we did see small improvements heading into the […]