Financial Editor Michael Campbell on Armstrong...
"Two years ago Martin Armstrong’s Computer Model predicted the Trump Presidential win and the Brexit vote. In 2013 at the World Outlook Financial Conference, Martin gave the date in February, 2014 for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This year Marty’s model predicted the independence vote in Catalonia - but that wasn’t the one that blew me away.
In September, I asked Marty about Bitcoin. He told me it was tough to get a read because of the lack of historical trading data and volume numbers. With that in mind, he said the short-term chart looked like the uptrend could carry much further than most people expected but – and it was a big BUT – his computer model was forecasting a top starting the week of December 18. (The actual peak was December 17th and 18th.)
I don’t know why I was surprised. I’ve been following Marty’s model since 1983 and in that time it has accurately predicted so many major events from the date of the fall of the Berlin Wall to the top of the Nikkei Index in 1989.
I could go on but allow me to share one more story. Forgive me if you’ve heard me tell it before but it’s worth repeating. The first time I saw the documentary about Marty - The Forecaster – in 2014 I was shocked to see a slide from our 1998 World Outlook Conference in one of the scenes.
The slide read:
- 1998 Collapse of Russia
- 1999 Low in oil and gold
- 2000 technology collapse (like railroads in 1907)
- 2002 Bottom US share market
- 2007 Real Estate Bubble – Oil hits $100
- 2009 Start of Sovereign Debt Crisis
- 2011 – 2015 Japan Economic Decline
- Euro begins to crack due to debt crisis
- 2015.75 – Sovereign Debt Big Bang
There it was…all of it happened…absolutely amazing – so maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised with the Bitcoin call.
So What Now
Regular attendees of the World Outlook Financial Conference heard Marty’s forecast in 2013 that the Dow Jones was on its way to 18,000 and once breaking that barrier would hit 23,700, which it did this year. And when it broke through that number – another major move to the upside would take place. In November, in anticipation of the speed of which the markets are moving, Marty published a new report called How To Trade A Vertical Market... obviously great timing given the Dow just added the fastest 1000 points in history. But for how long and how far?
We’ll get the answer this year as Marty’s model has already predicted that 2018 will feature a Panic Cycle, which could come shortly after the World Outlook Conference. More importantly The Panic Cycle will feature major moves in both directions depending on the specific market. As Marty says, Panic Cycles are notorious for trapping people on the wrong side of the market, so obviously it’s essential to be on the right side in order to protect yourself and profit from what’s coming.
Adding to the volatility is that Marty forecasts 2018 as the beginning of the Monetary Crisis Cycle, which impacts every market.
We’re already seeing it in the weakness of the US dollar and the accompanying strength of the euro and to a lesser extent the loonie. But is the US dollar weakness an opportunity to buy? Conversely is the euro strength an opportunity to play it to go down? Get those questions right and you can make a lot of money.
Marty’s Summation
“This is going to be a crazy year that seems to be divided into two trends in many markets but not all.” And by the way, he is responding to a ton of requests, including one from me, and he is producing a special report on Canada that will be available at the Outlook Conference.
Marty will be with me Friday night, February 2nd and again on Saturday afternoon, February 3rd. We’ll cover stocks, gold, interest rates, the bond market, currencies and oil."
