Category: Stocks and Bonds

  • Mathematical advantage in approach to trading

    Q: Is there any mathematical advantage you have with your approach to trading? A: Mathematics is a system of logic. It is not possible to arrive at a valid conclusion if you use fallacious logic. Additionally, your conclusion may be valid, in that it follows from the premises stated, but never the less false because…

  • How to Invest Offshore Post FATCA

    For years, people have invested offshore to protect their investment. This was money that the government could not tax and could not attach to you. Many considered it the safest way to store your money. Recently, however, things are changing. FATCA, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, makes it harder for people to invest in offshore…

  • The Big Short Movie

    The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Adam McKay. It is based on the 2010 book of the same name by Michael Lewis, about the financial crisis of 2007–2010 brought on by the build-up of the housing market and credit bubble. The film stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling,…

  • Market cycle analysis and economic law

    Q: How does your system differ from a cycle analysis? Martin Armstrong seems to have been very successful using cycle analysis. A: I do not use a system over which I claim authorship. I apply the laws of economics to the facts at hand. I use the scientific method: observation to get the facts; and,…

  • Beyond investment advisors and financial managers

    Q: How do you differ from other investment advisors and financial managers? A: I do not deal in investment nor do I render standard financial advice. What I am offering is a pure speculation based on the application of economic law. I do not take custody of client funds. It is possible to enter into…

  • Economic Law and the Price of Gold

    Price of Gold Q: Can you give us an update on how close we are to the end of the bear market in Price of Gold? A: We get closer every day. That much is for sure. My best guess is the low will occur a month and a half to three and a half…

  • Martin Armstrong and Asset Allocation Models

    Can a computer model predict the world economy? MARTIN ARMSTRONG, once a US based trillion dollar financial advisor, developed a computer model based on the number pi and other cyclical theories to predict economic turning points with incredible precision. In the early 80s he established his financial forecasting and advising company Princeton Economics. His forecasts…

  • Impact Investing Survey Results

    SURVEY: 2 OUT OF 5 FINANCIAL ADVISORS SAY THEY ALREADY OFFER “IMPACT INVESTING” TO CLIENTS, ANOTHER 15 PERCENT PLAN TO DO SO Financial Advisors Agree: Millennials, Women, and College-educated Investors are Top Three Groups Driving the Availability of Impact-Investing Choices COLORADO SPRINGS (October 28, 2015)—“Impact investing” is a hot topic in the financial world today.…

  • Offshore Investment Diversification and Specialization

    Both diversification and specialization have a proper place and function for anyone — not just investors and speculators — who depends on an asset’s income stream or capital value. What’s comfortable for one person may be inappropriate for another. However, there are generalizations worth considering. Let’s start with a few fundamental economic facts. Man has…