The Swiss are known for their frugality. When it comes to executive pay, they are voting on executive pay being limited to 12 times that of the lowest paid employee. This will be a first step in this direction as a matter of law. It reflects the rising tide of socialism as we enter the […]

The Crisis in DEMOCRACY Continues. The European politicians are scared to death to allow citizens to votes. Angela Merkel has rejected any more direct referendums in Germany. Merkel is outright against any further democracy in Europe. This is the real reality. The end of democratic processes that goes hand in hand with the final stages of […]

The Socialists just cannot get past being angry that someone else has more than they do. Unfortunately, all they think about is how to take the money of anyone who produces to hand it to those who do not.They cannot understand how the economy then declines under this policy. Someone who wins the lottery and […]

The Global Market Watch is posted on this site under that menu – not in the blog. The data is download from CSI.

Submitted by Glen Downs: “So here’s the deal: since 1993 there has been a federal law requiring states to recover at least some of the costs of Medicaid-covered medical care for anyone 55 years old and up, from the estates of those covered. States enforce this law, with their own laws and policies added in, […]

Merkel said that the difference between the NSA and the East German Stasi, is that the Stasi did not get caught. The backlash against the USA is really off the charts. The US press will not report just how damaging this has become internationally. Now in Germany as in Switzerland and even down in Brazil, […]

News is breaking that the famous Stuxnet Worm that the US and Israel developed to infiltrate the Iranian nuclear systems, may have also infiltrated Russia, as reported by RT. Stuxnet is a computer worm that was discovered back in June 2010 and is believed to have been created by the US and Israel agencies to attack […]

QUESTION:  Martin, I really appreciate all the work you do and make accessible to the common man.  Anyway, you keep saying gold will really take off in 2015/2016 which corresponds to a downturn in the ECM.  Since we are now in a downturn until 2014 albeit minor, why is gold going down and not rising […]

QUESTION: Hi Martin, Thank you for your valued forecasting and the clarity that you add to deciphering the cyclical nature of those things which govern our world. I am always amused by the arguments surrounding GOLD raised here and on other sites. I tend to hold around 10% of my portfolio in precious metals and […]

COMMENT: Martin, Thank you so much for the monthly study you just posted.  This is incredible historical data that will provide tremendous insight into using your reports going forward. I appreciate all you are doing to ring the bell to awaken the sleepers. I don’t know if you or any in your family served in the […]