US and EU are ready to impose new sanctions against Russia furthering the new cold war and raising the stakes for this turning hot. The U.S. and EU are looking to place tougher sanctions on Russia aimed at the finance, defense and energy sectors of the country’s economy. The EU, which is highly dependent on Russia’s energy […]

China has raided the offices of Microsoft escalating the ban on Windows 8 even further. At what point will the technology companies stand-up and demand the NSA has its wings clipped? People can claim this is just political blow-back from China, but sorry, even NASA dumped Windows 8 simply stating it is not secure. The NSA […]

The battle of class warfare has been raging for thousands of years. This is nothing new and it has tended to end is sheer disaster without exception. Basil II (b 958; 976–1025) really set the decline and fall of the Byzantine Empire in motion by engaging in such class-warfare to win popularity. Just as government desperately needs money […]

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Are we watching the central banks trying to manipulate capital flows as they did in 1927 but reverse with European rates down and America up? I believe you are saying this is the case because Europe is in a major economic implosion. I am correct in this assessment? Thank you from Europe […]

  Greenspan says bubbles can’t be stopped without ‘crunch’ Stockman: C’mon Alan! Bubbles Are Caused By Central Bankers, Not “Human Nature David Stockman is clearly still a politician who blames central bankers to the point he is just way out of touch. Stockman fails to even understand the global capital flows and harps on 1987 […]

The evidence continues to surface that the NSA simply wants to know absolutely everything right down to who was the first girl or boy friend in school. Yes – it is that bad. A police officer reported that these questions were now being asked to apply for a job. This is becoming Stalinistic to put […]

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand hiked its official cash rate by a quarter point to 3.5%. Outside of Europe that seems to be in an economic death spiral, interest rates are poised to rise. The ECB is happy with that for flooding Europe with more euros and keeping interest rates at zero of moving […]

The Euro continues to sink lower as the dollar has risen to eight-month highs on worries over tougher sanctions to be imposed upon Russia and their potential impact on the seriously weak Eurozone growth. The tax rates in Europe are simply insane and now even the German population must work MORE than half the year […]

The propaganda machine is in full force. Everything is used for political purposes regardless of the truth. Within mere days after the crash of a Malaysian Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine, US politicians and the government media joined together to spin the story that it was Russia who shot down the plane or their Russian supported […]

  The Markets are being bombarded from every direction fundamentally. The confusion is rising and so will the volatility. The euro is gradually declining, the stock market keeps holding, gold really cannot get out of its own way, and the 10 year rates remain low even in Germany. Capital is confused every which way from […]