QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; What do you think about Harvard Professor Kenneth Rogoff who advocates a global carbon tax and then takes that money and hand it to China to subsidize them ending coal to generate electricity? I think he has lost his mind. HC ANSWER: This is why major institutions have ZERO respect for academics. […]

ASIA: Consumption, healthcare, and technology are three sector key sectors for investing in China, said Chairman and CEO of CITIC Capitals on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Chinese consumption is growing faster than GDP, making the sector a bright spot for investing. Zhang said that healthcare is an important sector as […]

ASIA: Many business leaders at the World Economic Forum raised concerns over whether the latest round of trade negotiations between China and US will result in a “phase two” deal before the end of President Donald’s first term. The biggest roadblocks that leaders identified for the phase two deal are US tariffs on Chinese goods […]

The climate change propaganda has become a major economic factor which is undermining the global economy and lowering the standard of living for the average person. Governments have embraced it simply because it is the perfect excuse to raise taxes. It is causing separatist movements such as in Alberta, Canada to the civil unrest in […]

QUESTION: Dear Martin – We owe your respect for what you are doing and I wanna say thanks for educating your followers like me. With the issue of this growing international crisis, are you able to provide ideas on what the triggers maybe when it begins to come out of the surface? What can we […]

  The Economic Confidence Model has marked specific highs and lows in markets to the very day at times depending upon the shifts in capital flows. Why has the business cycle been masked in complexity that has prevented many from comprehending how it functions? I believe this is the result of the average person always […]

Back in 2008, a California Socialist activist was gathering signatures in an attempt to impose a state wealth tax on the ballot that would have imposed a new 35% income surtax on top of the Federal income tax. He realized that people would flee the state, so the solution was to impose an exit tax, […]

ASIA: China has suspended their proposal of allowing Chinese companies to be listed in London. The Shanghai-London connect project was put on hold without citing an official reason. Although many believe the reason to be the UK’s pro-stance on Hong Kong democracy movement. China would be an important player in their future success as they […]

We would like to wish our readers across the globe a happy new year! Market Talk will resume on January 2, 2020. ASIA: With the year coming to a close, it is the Chinese stock market that performed the best in the region with the Shenzhen Composite rising 35%! The Japanese Nikkei also performed well, […]

QUESTION: Dear Sir, Following the decentralization and breaking downtrend in society (brexit, catalunia, EU and US probably in the future, etc), is there a chance to see that in consumers behaviour? Example: from individual small shops to malls and then online. Any possibility to see that inverse in the future? Thank you. SM ANSWER: This […]