Former Clients familiar with the Economic Confidence Model have asked is this a rapidly advancing cycle as was the cast in 1989? The Answer to that question appears to be YES! There, we had the 1987 Crash on the half cycle followed by the collapse of Japan in 1989, and then the rise and fall […]

Copyright Martin Armstrong All Rights Reserved August 19th, 2012 Debt is Destroying Everything. Where is Common Sense When We Need it the Most? By Martin Armstrong  This whole Sovereign Debt Crisis is starting to look like Nero playing the fiddle as Rome burns. We have to realize that Western society is at the breaking point […]

In the piece I wrote on 08/17/12 “The End is Near” I referred to the “Biblical end of the world in April, 2010″, I stand corrected that it was a loose description that played on the media hype. it was the Day of Judgement that was suppose to be May 21,2011 to October 21, 2011 exactly 153 […]

Copyright Martin Armstrong All Rights Reserved August 16th, 2012 The Mayan Discovery of Time WELL there has been a flood of questions about the statement regarding the Maya in my recent post: “Sadly the Maya 2012 target will not put us out of our misery. We will survive the hype.” The book I am finishing […]

Things are turning so negative so rapidly, this is really starting to appear like the fall of Rome. The UK is tripling all fines related to taxes according to the FT. Europe & Australia and imposing a carbon tax and this of course is necessary for the environment as long as it ADDS revenues. Whatever […]

In Rome, there was the Social War (91–88 BC) where citizens of Italy paid taxes but did not have the same respect and rights as those in Rome. We are likewise headed straight into a class-warfare struggle because government blames the rich for not paying their “fair share” when it is government that spends without […]

Maximinus I 235-238 AD Maximinus I (235-238AD) is said to have been the first soldier who rose through the ranks to become Emperor. He was also from Thrace in Greece and is said to have been a shepherd before joining the army. With Hindsight, many considered that he was really a barbarian whose parents merely […]

This week’s close of 1622.6 is the highest weekly closing since May. We have to be cautious next week for we could still make a higher intraday high, and then turn down for 3 weeks before turning back up. The resistance to watch is 1671. We have to see a weekly closing above that level […]

The penalties I mentioned in Spain are pending and have not yet been implemented. In France, all bullion dealers must pay by check, no more cash. The bullion business has collapsed in France as people now just go to Belgium. There cash is OK below 25,000 euros, to be lowered to 10,000 and probably within […]

World Economic Conference Agenda The fall we will be providing three World Economic Conferences around the world with much smaller audiences to enable questions, discussions, and interaction. This is being done to make for a much more personalized experience. Instead of 300 attendees as was the case in Philadelphia, this will be small groups to […]