July 2025

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ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 457.96 points or -1.10% to 40,998.27 • Shanghai increased 4.28 points or 0.12% to 3,597.94 • Hang Seng increased 173.78 points or 0.68% to 25,562.13 • ASX 200 increased 30.80 points or 0.36% to 8,697.70 • SENSEX decreased 572.07 points

Trump has been bamboozled by the Neocons. He has shortened the 50-day period to 10, and he will impose massive tariffs on Russia, which is exactly what FDR did to Japan, which started World War II. Trump needs to get out of his head out of his ass. I thought he was smarter than this.

QUESTION: Marty, they call you the legend since you have been calling markets and trends for decades. It is not hard to see that you are perhaps the greatest trader of all time. You are famous for not calling the 1987 Crash, but the very day of the low, you called the low and said

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a supervolcano is any volcanic center that has explosively erupted at least 1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic miles) of fresh volcanic material in a sudden, violent manner. Yellowstone is a supervolcano, one of the largest and most active volcanic systems in the world. It has produced some

The Neocons are in complete control of Europe, and it is starting to appear that they have turned Trump’s head as well into promoting their endless wars when every last one of them should be thrown in prison for life without parole for TREASON – the usurpation of American Foreign Policy for personal objectives. It

France was on the brink of its Fifth bankruptcy in 1720. France defaulted in 1558 under Henry II, following the costly Habsburg-Valois Wars (also known as the Italian Wars), the outright repudiation of debt, and currency devaluation. Then in 1648, a Debt Crisis occurred under Louis XIV (Early Reign) with the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648)

Trump strikes a deal in Scotland with the EU where most EU exports to the United States will face a 15% tariff, down from the 30% tariff. The EU has agreed to accept U.S. imports without tariffs, according to Trump. This will fulfill our model forecast that the EU economy is in recession and will