TAX DEBATE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY JUNE 24, 1997 STEVE FORBES:  I would like to thank Dick for putting on this forum tonight and I would also like to thank all of you for coming out on a very nice weekday evening to hear a lot of hot air from the people on this panel. It reminds […]

In 1993 when the CFTC first picked up excessive trading in silver at PhiBro, the CFTC ran in and demanded to know who the client was. PhiBro refused to tell them it was Warren Buffet and the CFTC said exit the trade. That is why they began to move to London. It is becoming increasingly […]

It is just amazing that there are fanatics who somehow see gold as the exception to everything as if it were some mystical thing and not an investment, hedge or market at all. They portray me with such hatred even claiming I do manipulate the world economy because I said gold would pause and that […]

The one thing on this global tour that is pouring out of the seams is just how much the United States is seen as a dictator & bully to the rest of the world refusing to respect territorial jurisdiction. In every country I have visited, I have been embraced as an American Political Prisoner. Everyone […]

Copyright Martin Armstrong All Rights Reserved October 13th, 2012 The Risk of Low Interest Rates Analysis is dominated by simply opinion and therein lies the problem. Economics has become nothing like a science. In physics, one observes and then determines the “LAWS” as to how the universe functions. In the field of Economics and Finance, […]

 The Iranian Rial The Iranian Rial has come under tremendous pressure. Internally, the currency is depreciating in purchasing power at an astonishing rate. Internationally (illustrated here), the Rial has fallen generally to the 123.50 level from the 79 to the dollar level back in 2003. Internally, the Rial has just suffered one of the most […]

You just have to love the court system. When the big brokerage houses were charged with bogus analysis and paid fines to the SEC, a private class action suit was filed in Southern District of New York (SDNY) and it was dismissed when shareholders tried to file suit. Merrill Lynch & Company had won the […]

UNITED STATES v. ZICHETTELLO 208 F3d 72 (2d Cir 2000) UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas ZICHETTELLO, Defendant, Frank Richardone, Ronald Reale, Richard Hartman, James J. Lysaght, and Peter Kramer, Defendants-Appellants. Docket Nos. 98-1376(L), 98-1377, 98-1378, 98-1379, 98-1380. Argued June 8, 1999 — March 30, 2000 Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, OAKES, and SACK, Circuit […]

  I promised everyone at the San Diego Conference that I would make a first hand account of the world economy on this trip. Hong Kong property is at record highs. Mainland has let Hong Kong largely alone. In China, what I observed in 1997 when I was invited by the Government to assist after […]

In China, the top scandal is about corruption. The story of Bo Xilai, a charismatic and ambitious politician, who was the Communist Party secretary of China’s sprawling Chongqing municipality. The papers talk about how he was driven by the greed of his wife. At least it is in the open and being discussed. This stands in contrast to […]