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India v Pakistan & the 2019/2020 Turning Point

Posted Mar 14, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

The last time that Indian and Pakistan were at war was back in 1971. Our War Model turned up in 1964 and indeed it marked the beginning of the US Vietnam War. In [...]
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• India

Draghi – The Opportunity & the Nightmare

Posted Mar 14, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

  I cannot stress enough that Mario Draghi has really destroyed the European economy on an unprecedented scale. I know people who worked on trading desks years [...]
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• Central Banks
• Economics

When is Forecasting Not Forecasting?

Posted Mar 14, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: There are a number of people who claim to have called the 2008 crash. What I find absent is that there is no one who brags on calling the rallies and [...]
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• Understanding Cycles

Market Talk – March 13, 2019

Posted Mar 13, 2019 by marty armstrong

Asia: Most of the major Asian markets closed in the red today. Decreases were led by NIKKEI 225 (-253.27 points, -1.18%, 21,243 close), followed by Shanghai (-32.82 [...]
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• Market Talk

Canada sells off its Gold Reserves to the Retail Market

Posted Mar 13, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

Canada has been selling off most of its remaining gold reserves to the general public. They have been selling gold coins and reaping better prices than dumping [...]
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• Central Banks
• Gold

California Hands Retired Employees Checks in Excess of $400,000 + Pensions

Posted Mar 13, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

Most employers provide vacation and sick leave. However, most employers do not allow sick days to roll over from one year to the next. The norm is to often cap at [...]
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• Gov't Incompetence
• Sovereign Debt Crisis

How Europe Will Kill Tourism – The Age of Big Brother is Upon Us

Posted Mar 13, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

The world seems to be moving toward complete control over the freedom of movement. Most likely, we are approaching that critical point where governments are afraid [...]
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• European Union

Market Talk – March 12, 2019

Posted Mar 12, 2019 by marty armstrong

Asia: Most of the major Asian markets closed in the green today. Increases were led by NIKKEI 225 (+378.60 points, +1.79%, 21,504 close), followed by Hang Seng [...]
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• Market Talk

Scottish Independence & BREXIT

Posted Mar 12, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Marty, Big fat question for you regarding the UK and the SNP. You seemed to support Scotland breaking away from the UK in 2014, but since then you’ve [...]
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• BRITAIN

World Trade & the Confusion

Posted Mar 12, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Marty, just reported this past week America’s trade deficit hit a record $891 billion while, in the same week, unemployment report fell to 3.8%. [...]
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The Fallacy of MMT

Posted Mar 12, 2019 by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: These economists who propose this MMT claim that since the U.S. borrows in its own currency, it can print dollars to cover its obligations, and can’t go [...]
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