Martin Weiss - Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

by Martin Weiss on August 14, 2009 · 60 comments

Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D.

Thank you SO MUCH for your wonderfully positive feedback to our Weiss Global Forum!

If you missed the live event video or want to see it again, just turn up your computer speakers and click here. Plus, I welcome your comments and questions here on my blog.

Here are just a few of the many I’ve gotten so far, with my brief responses …

CB: Fantastic!! I am so impressed with the massive knowledge on your panel! That was one of the most honest and informative pieces of information that I have received in a long time. I am a new investor and so it was really great to receive a longer term plan for my retirement portfolio. Thank you again, Martin and team!

Martin: Glad you liked it, CB. Just be sure to invest prudently. Risk is not a four-letter word. But it definitely needs to be avoided as much as possible.

DS: Thanks so much for the presentation today. It was most interesting. I would like to have someone else see it if there is a way?

Martin: We created this presentation for you. But if you’d like to share it with someone you trust, you have our permission. Just send them this link: http://weiss.streamlogics.com/Aug13-09/

JK: Appreciate your time, knowledge and ability in relaying this information. Will CDs be available?

Martin: I’m sorry, but this is timely information and can only be made available online for a limited period.

PN: Thanks for a great global forum today! Would you please publish the charts, as well as a transcript of today’s forum? There was so much great information to absorb in one hour.

Martin: Yes! But not until Monday, August 24. In the meantime, I suggest you watch the recording and when you need to take notes, just press the “pause” button.

HG: You hit a home run today! The Weiss Global Forum was fantastic.

Martin: Thank you! Everything came together nicely, and more importantly, the time is ripe.

David: Well done, that really was the best yet. Why are you shy on Brazilian advice?

Martin: Not shy at all. Stand by.

RA: This one was the best yet! The specific recommendations are appreciated, but the long-term focus, and explanation, were critical to my future success.

Martin: Yes, this is a trend that could last for decades. So we felt including a long-term, global strategy would be critical.

Good luck and God bless!

Martin

{ 60 comments… read them below or add one }

Peng E. Teoh 08.16.09 at 8:05 AM

Well done and balanced.

alice forsyth 08.16.09 at 8:15 AM

Dear Martin,
Thank you so much for such an informative overview of the general trends and
enlisting so much expertise for this webcast. Your team is phenomenal and has
been on the ground so much. Alice

Patrik 08.16.09 at 8:16 AM

Great conference!! Thank you! Do you believe China, India etc will decouple from the US economy? When watching the charts of the global stockmarkets they all follow the US markets closely so far.

Robert Elliot 08.16.09 at 8:24 AM

Hi Martin

I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed last week’s seminar. It was truly inspirational!

I am the owner of Care Asset Management, which is a small IFA practice in the UK. Over the last year I have taken on board your criticism of financial advisers, so much so, I have completely revamped how we conduct business with our clients. We have abandoned commission sales and now only work on fees; we have also cut the costs of purchasing investment products to a minimum. I would like to thank you for showing me the way and giving me the confidence to carry these changes through.

I do hope we are able to meet up one day and you are a truly decent individual.

Kindest regards

Robert

Keith Spencer 08.16.09 at 8:42 AM

Martin and Team,

A good presaentation from a very talented group of professionals.

I have forwarded questions before without response.

As an Australian investor I am bewilder by the lack of reference by the team to the Australian and African economies and their opportunities.

Your projections for American and European prospects are depressing, to say the least, so how about adding further balance to your presentations by including commentary about other positive economies apart from Asia.

Regards

Paul 08.16.09 at 8:52 AM

Hi Martin,

Enjoyed your Global Forum panels and discussion. As a Chinese born in Taiwan, I have traveled often to China the last few years, I couldn’t agree with you more. My first visit to Shanghai’s Pudong area many years ago was so shocking to me that I could not believe this was a communist country and had the feeling then that perhaps one day China will overtake US as the #1 economy.

I also enjoyed hearing about your experience in Brasil as you spent your younger days there. I too, lived in Brasil between 69 and 75 during my teeanage years. I have many fond memories of Brasil and still follow their soccer team, Selecao Brasileira.

Gostei muito seu programa!

Um abraco,

PT

L S 08.16.09 at 8:54 AM

I wonder if you understand the degree of hope that the forthright, trustworthy, diligent, intelligent panel who work with you on our behalf offer. Thank you Martin for being the kind of person whose character attracts others of like mind. All that must come before the financial advise and support; yet the latter is so helpful, so necessary in a world which seems to have abandoned all the attributes which actually hold a society together. You provide the kind of insight and practical financial follow-through essential to each individual’s survival, and ultimately, to the survival of our society’s way of life. These conferences mean a great deal!
Thank you!
L S

Rick 08.16.09 at 9:22 AM

I really enjoyed the video, wish I had you and your associates here guiding me to regain some of my loses as I did it all wrong, out on the down and in on the up took the loses and missed the gains I recently moved from one financal advisor to another and he just put me back in the stock market, hope there is more upside, there are some international funds in the mix, hope some of the ones your team recomended are in there, thank you for trying to help the little guy …………..

Michael Whitehouse 08.16.09 at 10:08 AM

Dear Mr. Weiss - I have been paying attention to your website for several years now but never had the resources to invest with you. That is all changing now. I am going to contact you soon with questions I have. I realize you cannot act as a broker but your advice, coupled with everyone around you, has proven to be very correct. I so appreciate your knowledge & wisdom that I will probably take the time to travel to Jupiter, Florida or any other place you may be, to connect with your group directly. From there we can finalize the appropiate advice I need to move forward.
Thank You so much - Michael

Robert Runkle (Bob R) 08.16.09 at 10:23 AM

Martin: I viewed the Global Forum late Saturday the 15th. Is was well worth the time.
I have never heard or read such a complete and comprehensible discussion of the world market situation. Please persist with similar efforts and I will be a subscriber for like.
Thanks you Bob R

voteright 08.16.09 at 10:35 AM

This is one of the best seminars I have seen. Money & Markets always has good information but this one even went beyond the “GREAT” stuff that you. Beyond investors every US voter should also see this. The US is getting it’s derriere kicked because of our own bureaucracy & politics in DC (District of Corruption).
Keep up the great work; and please help all of us.
Thank You a million times.

Michal 08.16.09 at 10:35 AM

Halo Martin, thank you for opportunity to watch your last excellent webcast. I wanna ask a question. If there is an event (similiar to WTC attack) in the US that would cause the market shut for some weeks and lets say caused a sudden devaluation of the dollar, in a very fragile US economy, what impact do you see would this have on other currencies, especially euro and how would commodities react.

Thank you and God bless
Michal (Slovakia)

Joe Barner 08.16.09 at 10:49 AM

Thank you so much for doing this job. We need more people like you and your team getting out of this mess. For Europe I see a lot of trouble coming from the eastern countries.

Jayne 08.16.09 at 11:10 AM

Thank you for keeping this posted. I will have to go back again tonight and jote down some of the advice because I listened to it the first time without pen and paper handy. I like that I can go back and listen again, as my life is full most days. The advice given was excellent, and the panel is so well educated. Here is hoping that we all can find our way to a secure future. It seems that much of the world is stuggling at this time, but lets remember that from struggle comes growth, as long as you don’t feel defeat and you learn along the way.

Barry 08.16.09 at 11:16 AM

Martin
Very good Martin and all the team. Looking forward to more on China and Brazilian reco’s.
Will any of the recommendations form part of the Con.Portfolio ? This seems to me to be the place to put the kind of investments you were all talking about.
Thank you- you have cleared up one main question re China - why the growth and the economy is so good there - they have no debit and a lot of cash.

Guido Monticello 08.16.09 at 11:29 AM

Martin,
thanks for all of your unbiased information. I’m a former entrepreneur turned into consultant after an MBA in Chicago ,aged 56 and very concerned for the future of my son.
For a few years I have seriously considered to leave Europe and move to the US . The problem is that The USA are increasingly looking a sort of me-too of Europe . There is one thing, however, that I’d like to add to all you your people mentioned in your interesting Global Forum : government intervention -beside debt- creates a twin time bomb : corruption and cozyness . Once a population has to beg bureaucrats for services that could be provided by market forces , the choice is either pay or become “friendly” to some politician . This is, by now, a European tradition which may cross the ocean at some point in time . Curiously the twin time bomb is starting becoming under scrutiny in newly developed countries . So while Brazil and China are starting realize that they need to cut excess public services to avoid certain “public system traditions” , the western world is adding to legislation and unnecessary government intervention. I have a strange feeling that the developed world begins to look like the Roman Empire of the last centuries .
I hope I’m wrong .
Take care and best wishes to all of your people.
Guido Monticello
Verona Italy

Marcia Manchester 08.16.09 at 11:30 AM

Will you be incorporating this strategy with your reccomendations for the Foundation Alliance? I can’t be the only member to feel “over my head” in terms of doing my own analysis. Please let me know. Thanks!!

Marion E. McGruder 08.16.09 at 11:37 AM

Excellent job very informative.

J. Skuba 08.16.09 at 11:37 AM

Dear Martin;
You’re one of the few persons that dispenses clarity in the fog of mainstream pundit doo-doo and the Pump-n-Dump hype-ster’s dispense. The appears to be too much misinformation, disinformation, hidden agendas, and outright indictable fraud going on. I thank you for clearing out the junk and giving tangible actionable recommendations.
I like the way you layout the broad spectrum of the important paradigm shift and wave trends, then start zeroing in on the specifics, ie. Weiss World Forum. It seems that this is something that needs to repeated on a timely basis so all of us contrarians can keep abreast of developments as they unfold. Again, Many Thanks! JS

Dori Mardon 08.16.09 at 12:09 PM

Your Global Forum was great! What effect will China’s one-child policy have on its demographics pyramid in the future?

Laura and Paul Krygier 08.16.09 at 1:09 PM

Thank you for the Global Forum link - we just finished listening to the presentation. We thought your other programs were informative but this one beat our expectations. We are definitely looking at the China, Russia, India and Brazil markets. We would not have even consideredd them if not for this presentation.

Again, thank you. Please keep us informed!

GLC 08.16.09 at 1:25 PM

Thanks for the great global update. But how can investors be sure that countries like China and Russia are really moving to embrace “free market principles”? I have been burned more than once by government takeovers and other interference in overseas markets (e.g., China’s interference with China Mobile and Putin’s attacks on Mechel). It seems like there is little or no warning for U.S investors for this type of interference and it can lead to huge losses very quickly.

Jay 08.16.09 at 1:50 PM

Hi Martin, I watched your Weiss Global Forum! and I just want to share with you my thanks for a most satisfying and helpful presentation. I enjoy most of the materials, information, and publications from Weiss Research, and this one was especially great.
I enjoyed the direct, explicit questions and answers. Your entire team did a terrific job.
This is certainly one of the very best economic, financial, and investment presentations that I have received. Thank you so much for putting it together and bringing it to us!
All my best wishes to you and your entire team for continuing success!
Jay

frank 08.16.09 at 1:50 PM

Martin , Great presentation.The talent pool is very deep . I am a ‘million dollar subscriber ‘..My only question is where is this collective wisdom on timing and investment buying and selling available at one location . ? Your products are too scattered about with no MASTER PORTFOLIO ..Please consolidate…. There are obviously differing opinions on the panel,but general agreement on the long term trend … I like Larry and the others thoughts and wish they would join the ‘million dollar forum ‘and create the necessary MASTER PORTFOLIO… PLEASE HELP , Best Regards , Frank

frank 08.16.09 at 2:01 PM

The talent pool is deep.I am a million $ subscriber. Please consolidate this collective wisdom into a MASTER PORTFOLIO. Please have this team join the Million $ forum and lets make some money . Best Regards , Frank

Kenneth Bushby 08.16.09 at 2:27 PM

Dr. Weiss, your Global forum was an excellent gathering of international insight regarding local and international economic conditions in the world today. The counterpoint and overlapping insights of your team of financial advisors was invalueable in presenting your subcribers with the ability to see the near-term and mid-term economic and financial patterns in our global economy. It has provided me with a basis for planning out my short term and long-term financial goals.

Congratulations to you and your team for presenting a great roundtable of financial strategies!

Kenneth Bushby

Heather 08.16.09 at 2:44 PM

I am interested in more details on India investing.

Paul Zahniser 08.16.09 at 2:48 PM

The transmission was somewhat staticy and I could not hear the names or symbols of the Chinese stocks which were mentioned. Could you give them to me ?
Thanks!
Paul Zahniser

patricia 08.16.09 at 2:52 PM

For your dilgence and perserverence on our behalf, I thank you more than words can convey for the insight and wisdom about the condition of the financial world in which we live!! Until now, I have not met experienced, honest men who really know the score and are willing to share it with the investment public. You, Martin and your team stand heads and shoulders above the rest and me and thousands like me, are in your debt. Patricia

Jim 08.16.09 at 3:00 PM

The Weiss Global Forum was outstanding. Much needed and good information. I’m one of your Contrarian Portfolio subscribers and read the comments that the presentation is still available and can be listened to again. However, a transcript would be much more helpful and would also save considerable time.

Luis 08.16.09 at 3:07 PM

Thank you very much for sharing all this information on the other hand i have to made i comment;Population plays an important role in GDP growht when the government has invest in social programs like education,the impact of a growing population in Brazil has a best positive impact if we compare with an African country.

steppmslee@comcast.net 08.16.09 at 3:09 PM

Mr. W.

I am just a semi-retired teacher but have always been interested in the markets. This presentation was the most easily understood and well put together forum that I have listened to yet. I especially liked the information from Europe. Claus was very articulate in his presentation. Also, of course the information regarding China. Thank you.

In closing, just for you only, I am very saddened to see what is happening to our once great nation. I wonder if we will ever be able to cycle back to another beginning barring undue legislation. Brazil is still looking good to me for future residence. Thank you!

James Stewart 08.16.09 at 3:15 PM

Your presentation stopped about half way through so I waited and listened to it the next day. Thank You for making it available to us after the original showing.

I found it excellent!!

Richard Frazita 08.16.09 at 3:40 PM

Martin,

If you were using the Foundations timing tool back at the beginning of the year, would the recommendation have been to take advantage of the rally on the long side, rather than remain short and could you share just how you use the cycle timing analysis to round out your recommendations.

Secondly, are you using timing of cycles for the new recommendations you are making now and for how long does the cycle theory predict a positive trend?

Thanks,

Richard

RIchard

Frederick E. Juliano 08.16.09 at 4:16 PM

Wow! The Weiss Global Forum was the best even-tempered thing you’ve done. Unlike so many other expert commentaries, it was done without a lot of fanfare or outrages superlatives.
FEJ

KDI 08.16.09 at 4:16 PM

It appears that China is adopting Ameica’s completely unsustainable model. Sure, they’ll create some news by cornering the markets on a variety of commodities like oil, copper, iron, etc. . . But wait a minute. There are two sides to that pancake my friends that need to be considered. In becoming the largest manufacturer of automobiles, China ha become the largest poluter in the world by powering their manufacturing plants with coal and oil fired power plants. And, unless someone can manage to re-write the geological record of the earth, global warming will hit us all with a five or six degree warming as a direct result.

That may not seem like a lot to you, but it is to the earth. And, it’s been through it before. As I mentioned, the geological record of the earth tells us that the earth did have such a warming in its past when a volcano erupted under an oil deposit of 200-billion-billion barrels of oil burning it up and causing such a temperature rise. The result was that plants that herbavors relied on died and were replaced by plants that they could not eat. Of course they starved as the record indicates by the mass extinctions follwing this six degree warming.

To you it may seem like a good investment to invest in China’s manufacturing. But there is such a thing as ethical investing that should be considered. Since the human race is not immune to extinctions, it seems to be to be somewhat unethical to invest in somthing that will lead to such an event. Besides, China has already been caught with their hand in the cookie jar so to speak when a ship filled with Chinese weapons destined for the Janjaweed was caught in an African port. The Janjaweed are committing genocide by murdering whole villages in resource rich central Africa. And the thousands of Chinese engineers there now certainly are not building that massive infrastructure capabile of sustaining millions of people for the departed natives.

Yes, it appears the the Chinese have torn a page our of Americas history books and have thus determined that since our genocide against the indians was so profitable, that they should copy our success. And BTW, the amount of oil consumed by our indutrial revolution is just about equal to 200-billion-billion barrels of oil. And the accellerating rate of species extinctions along with declining grain production for the last seven years is a giant canary in the coal mine for all of us whether we’re listineing to it or not.

Dani Dixon 08.16.09 at 6:39 PM

Dr. Weiss,
Thank you so much for the opportunity to watch the video. The best info. I have ever seen. I am especially impressed with the 1st. video I watched on how The Alliance Foundation began. There is absolutely no doubt that what was presented is completely “dead on”. I want to subscribe to your service, however I am not sure if this is suitable for me. This seems out of context with my comments I know! Here is why I ask. In 01 my husband of 27 yrs. was killed in a very horrific way in front of me and my 3 sons. I was left with 1.3M in an investment acc’t at Edwards Jones, a home (pd. for 125,000), a 2001 Cadillac(pd), a 5-unit rental property(60,000) with pos. cash flow and no other debt. I gave my sons the construction co. and opened a business for myself(money I had aside from the 1.3), a sun tanning and theurapetic massage salon.( I am a massage therapist). My brother, my husband and I were inseperable, I trusted my brother competely and when he convinced me to change brokerage firms I did. 12 days after Jims death I found myself in another city with my brother at a Charles Schwab office. After leaving I had written checks to move my money to Schwab. Additionally I had given my brother power of attorney over my account. The broker at Schwab confirmed what I had already thought, that being my brother was extremely knowledgeable in investments. While my brother and the broker had talked about many things “over my head” I still set the account to be handled conservately. Unknown to me this was quickly changed. At times the acc’t was margined up to 3-4M. I was working at the salon full-time(it was doing great), helping my 3 sons with the construction co. and also starting working as an assistant for a pediatric dentist. I began to realize that I was an absolute emotional wreck. I sought the help of a counselor. By May 2004 I had my brother court ordered out of the salon after finally being convinced by an attorney, my counselor, my sons, another broker and a host of others that my brother was robbing me. I was broke and forced into bankruptcy. This of course left me not only financially shattered but also in emotional tatters. I continued to work full-time for the Dentist. A wonderful woman who took me under her wing helping me financially, spiritually and in every other way possible. She enrolled me in school at The University School of Denistry where I completed a course of Expanded Dental Duties. On the day of graduation, Aug. 2005, I fell on wet pavement coming off the elevator in the parking garage. I developed an infection which was recurrent causing me to have 13 general surgeries over the next 3 yrs. along with numerous other outpatient surgeries, lengthy hosp. stays and at times home nursing care. Okay, the point of all of this. Today I live on disability, and work when I can. I am doing better & I look forward to working full-time. The Dr. seeded an acc’t at Scottrade in my name with 2500. on April 30,09. Today i have 7,100.00. There is the potential of a payout from a Wormans Compensation Claim anytime now. My attorney thinks this is to happen very soon and that the amount should be sizeable. (whatever that means) I also have additional money owed to me from an ins. co. that should be 30-40,000. This too should come at anytime. I know I need to make my money grow in order to have any hopes at retirement someday so please don’t try and tell me that I should “hang on” to what I have. My question is; can I get started in your program with the 7100.00 adding to it as I can? If so I hope, do you give recommended buy and sell alerts. I am reading and studying everyday to educate myself on the different investing options but truthfully I am far from a savvy investor. Please let me know. Thank you for the incredible videos. I will look forward to hearing from you if possible. Again THANKS!

Mung 08.16.09 at 6:43 PM

Many thanks for the video conference. You have a well-informed, and an excellent-brain team out there. I’m going to wait for your specific recommendation in the Safe Money Report. I took a 45% big loss in 2008 with someone else managed that porfolio, so I need to be very cautious with what I still have left.

Steve Hansen 08.16.09 at 7:15 PM

Hi Martin,

I’m new to this invest world.
Your whole panel is ultimately impressive.
I’ll be following Bryan Rich, as he looks to be a total solid Expert in Currencies.
He says it, like it is, because he knows exactly how it is.

Thanks,
Steve

Thomas Funderburk 08.16.09 at 7:18 PM

Looking forward to your expandijng the foundation alliance over seas.

Donald R Cobb 08.16.09 at 7:44 PM

Your Global Forum was well done. Thank you for the information. I appreciate the specific recommendations since I am too old for anything too long term. DC

Joe Blicharz 08.16.09 at 7:55 PM

I ENJOYED THE GLOBAL FORUM VERY MUCH AND HOPE TO PUT TO WORK SOME OF WHAT I THINK I LEARNED. SINCE SOME OF THINK THAT IN THE USA THIS FINANCIAL CRISIS IS NOT OVER IS IT SAFE TO IVEST IN SOME OF THE GLOBAL IDEAS PRESENTED IN THE FORUM?? THANKS AGAIN

Matt Barziza 08.16.09 at 8:52 PM

I really appreciate all that the Martin Weiss team continually offers us. I am mostly focused on the risks that the markets are artifically high. I think the US Government has done an unbelievable job in preventing further freefall. I even think they buy the market on critical technical points to prevent failed rallies. That being said, I think the market should head down again but the Fed keeps the market up, through happy talk, stimilus, media, etc.
Is it possible that the market will move in an invisible severe drop. Let me explain this. The market will stay more or less the same moving sideways at this level while inflation really does creep up while we are being told it is in check. We wake up some time later and find out that our savings are worth the percentage amount that the market SHOULD have dropped?

Sandy M. 08.16.09 at 10:59 PM

Congratulations to you, Martin, and your knowledgeable colleagues;
I was on vacation in Yellowstone National Park when your video aired, but insisted on bringing activities to a halt so I could watch your video on a friend’s laptop computer. It was by far, the most informative and impressive presentation to date (I’ve been a member for just under one year). I took copious notes and look forward to watching the video again (I just arrived home to Las Vegas, NV) and hopefully take advantage of the knowledge and information presented to your membership last week. Thank you!
Sandy M.

PS 08.17.09 at 8:09 AM

I am always impressed with your presentations which is why I have been a subscriber to your products and services for over 10 years! With everything that is transpiring not only here at home but everywhere else global it’s really a “no-brainer” to be as well informed about international and domestic “happenings” and be on the cutting edge. Your services have consistently provided exactly these things for me. You/your colleagues are all well-reseached and informed which is “key” to any successful endeavor. Additionally I find that your “follow-up” to your initial informational renderings is always given. Also “key” for people like myself who do not have time to follow everything to the same depth or with the same underlying experience you all possess, so I truly appreciate it! The forum the other day was up to your usual excellent standards! Please keep it up. We are all depending on you!!! Thank you so much.

Henrik 08.17.09 at 8:28 AM

As always a very professional and detailed analyses of the markets.

Antoni 08.17.09 at 9:01 AM

Thx 4 the fab video forum. I am a lifetime subscriber and have been religiously following you and the ‘wise guys’ for about 4 years. Best thing I ever did.
I would love to see more advise/comments from the wise guys about the Canadian/US relation/connection, both dollar wise and investing wise. The advantages/disadvatages of the currency and stockmarket girations and investing in both.
Thank you for all your great work and straighforward advise.
A.

Tushar Bhavsar 08.17.09 at 9:13 AM

Hello Mr Weiss

I liked the forum but am not satisfied that China and BRIC will remain unhurt by the coming Tsunami. I think the current Chinese jump is highly speculative and will leave investors with a deep wound if they do not run for shelter. Your forum member is trying to say that unlike US, China has a surplus so it can bailout its people. The problem is majority of the money in China is concentrated with very few people, mostly the government. The government tried to inflate its economy by throwing huge debts on the poor country people. The people took the bait as they did not have anything else to hold to. Your people on one hand are calling that US dollar will crash and on one hand are calling China rich because of its forex reserves….a paradox… The Chinese have mirage wealth which everyone now knows can buy nothing. So China is trying to atleast some of its dollars to buy resources for its own use.

I think we are heading for an apocalypse…….It does not matter where on this earth we are….

My accounting skills tell me that the chances of surviving this hit are quite less. The bail out money will soon be needed to be raised and because of the economy the US will not be able to raise any taxes so the only resort will be to print money…..China is rich….but actually very poor…because it is holding monopoly game money and we all know that…..

I dont think the west will easily accept this transformation of wealth and power…..

What have you to say?

Gene 08.17.09 at 10:38 AM

The global forum was another home run for Dr. Weiss and his team. This time the bases were loaded. It was a grand slam.

Bob Mason 08.17.09 at 10:51 AM

I have a meeting with my local congressman this afternoon–you’re daily report today on the health insurance companies couldn’t be more timely! I intend to print a copy and give it to him.

Manfred Suess 08.17.09 at 12:25 PM

Martin, I have been a fiollower of yours for several years and am invested in the Weiss Bear. I appreciate your artticle of 8/17/09 titled “Health Care War” and have used ONLY the Weiss ratings for investment guidance. I understand your anger and frustration with some insurance Co’s but remind you that there are rascals in every industry and I believe it is a huge mistake to think that the Federal Govt. would not be the greatest rascal ever. We need to punish the guilty and reward those who do an honest job. If we let anything become a federal bueracracy, we can be sure corruption and waste will reach unbelievable proportions. The Obama health care issue is all about the loss of freedom and changing our government to a totalitarian state. Let us not cure a disease by killing the patient! Hope to hear your response. Regards, Fred Suess

Michael Loren 08.17.09 at 2:32 PM

Martin, I thought it was an impressive hour. I was especially suprised by how bad the European countries were doing with their economies compared to the US in terms of deficit/GDP. It would have been an interesting graph. Your note on healthcare- we are having a serious problem with unbridled insurance companies. Hopefully we will be able to rid America of “preexisting conditions.” Although we have a great medical system in the US, in a sense it is over rated— there is probably more bang for the buck if people walked more and ate less. Michael Loren, M.D.

GARY KARLIN 08.17.09 at 3:37 PM

Martin Weiss:

How do you rate Aetna Healthcare Inns.?

Thank you for your reply

Gilda 08.17.09 at 4:21 PM

Mr. Martin and company, thank you very much for investing the time and effort to produce this video. The Weiss updates are paet of my daily reading and has been a big source of comfort for me through these troubling times. More power to you and God bless.

Raymond F. Farley 08.17.09 at 5:03 PM

Martin,
I recall your mentioning gold as being part of a good investment strategy; i. e. that one should possibly have five to ten percent of their assets in gold. I realize you cannot give investment advice, and I am not seeking investment advice.

I recognize that during inflationary periods, gold’s value tends to rise. On the other hand, in a deflationary cycle, which we could be in or entering into, what do you think gold will do in terms of its price? Accordingly, could you tell me what the price of gold did in the Great Depression of the 1930s? Would the price drop along with everything else, or would it hold its value or increase in price because people are looking to protect their wealth? I would be interested in your take on this issue.

Regards,

Ray

Percess M. Holness 08.17.09 at 6:07 PM

Martin, I do appreciate your news letters and round table discussions. Now that we are a” Global” society,how can we help the world and grow our own economy, If we follow the money to the Far East and Asia , India,Japan and Russia,are we going to move there and live there,or are those countries going to come here with their new wealth
and buy what we have here because everything is downgraded. I do believe in investments and trade how do we maintain balance.

Brandon Caesar 08.17.09 at 9:38 PM

I am in a place where the internet connection is not good enough to deal with almost all videos, so I hope that you guys will e-mail out a transcript like you’ve done before with other videos.

Thanks. I’m looking forward to it.

Earl Greer 08.17.09 at 11:40 PM

Please, please keep the Weiss Global Forum online at least for a few more days. I sent the link to 15 of my investor friends, and I know some of them have resent the link to friends of theirs. To my surprise, I got “Thank You” emails from three of my colleagues, plus an email from a person not on my list who asked me to include him in future mailings!

The Weiss Global Forum was incredible. While each speaker was brilliant, Claus Vogt was particularly successful in setting the stage by logically and clearly enlightening us on the big picture.

Best wishes, Earl Greer

James 08.18.09 at 12:40 AM

Hi Martin:

Thank u for all the work you have done. But i have got a few nagging questions to ask:

a. It was earlier mentioned that The Foundation of Cycle predicts a down turn in the middle to long term (US economy and major economies) around the world? But that never came and then it was later mentioned that this has been delayed… Any idea how long this is? (or maybe an estimated length?)

b. With the shift of wealth to countries like China, Brazil, Russia.. this millenium shift will still ultimately be subsumed by a devastating collapse of the US… assuming that the Foundation correctly predicts that such an event will occur– so i reckon that we have around half a year more before such events begin to unfold?

I am not so sure whether i got this right… so pardon me if i am wrong.. but i hope to have some answers .. Thanks!
: )

Bill Madden 08.23.09 at 9:17 AM

I listed my Web site URL because the music is soothing although the prices are not current.

Your efforts to help us preserve and, hopefully, cause some increase in our net, real wealth are greatly appreciated. It seems strange listening to you talk without enjoying one of your expensive bran muffins like you used to provide at the Florida Money Show.

I’m sure that most of your subscribers are like me and that they have plenty to keep them busy during the day. Keeping your advice as basic and understandable as possible is very important. I understand the dynamics of the marketplace but it would be nice to have a buy and hold portfolio so that an Irish guy like me doesn’t have to do too much thinking.

All the best to you and your charming team.

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