Three Friendly Reminders

I watched the hour of the global forum and found it informative and useful. I appreciate the planning and marshalling of your resources to make such a program available to your subscribers. Bravo!

I found the video most interesting.
Having said that….I have become increasingly suspicious of the financial markets Stateside….not to mention foreign….. and I tend to put my money in real estate. I can touch it and I am the Captain of the ship.

I was unable to view the Weiss global forum and also didnt receive any help in connecting to it. I had no trouble viewing the first one some weeks ago and the set up to watch it was the same and was not to pleased being that the same method i used to witness the first time didnt work this last time.

Very informative and learned a lot.

Your associates appear to accept as truth the Chinese figures and details and disbelieve American statistics. Understandable you think the USA stats are slanted and wrongly interpretated but the Chinese Government (which you and your assocaites would not feel free expressing your opinions living in their regime if you thought them wrong) - you seem to absolutely accept - Larry Edelson, Tony Sagami, and all. Why accept figures from an authoritarian regime - why believe their percentages?

I have watched all your videos and recently subscribed to the Foundation Alliance for $1,997.00 and have followed and bought all the recommendations. However, I am concerned or have a question on why you sell at market or buy at market. I do my own trading thru Wells Fargo Trade Account where I pay 3.95 per trade because my portfolio is over 1 million. I have always purchased with limit prices or sold at market as its done instantly so I get my selling price. Why do you/they do market orders only?
I have talked with others that I talked them into joining the Foundation and they are pretty much confused as I am. Please let me know ASAP you reasons so I can adjust my strategy if needed.

Thank You
Murray Kellman

Finally! You have risen to the occasion showing a glimmer of hope some where in the world outside your usual pit of despair and condemnation. Not that the message has changed any, but a more positive spin is appreciated.

Very informative.nice to get some counter opinions,to debate the other side

Thank you Dr. Weiss. The briefing was wonderful. I have already acted on several of your recommendations.

I use your info regularly and live by it. My computer ability is poorly. L.B.

Dear Martin: First, let me think you for being a trusted source of information and a solid fellow citizen. I have been tuned in to your work for many, many years. Lately, the news of the Foundation’s work has been of particular interest to me (I’m enrolled). I have been studying the biology of emotion for many years, and my interest now includes seeing how the concept of cycles relates to our affective inner life. The affects, biologically speaking, are the primary motivational system of the human being– not the drives as Freud believed. If cycles can be seen in the tides of human emotion, I think it will give a more comprehensive picture of human life at all levels, including our financial markets. What say you?

Gary David, PhD

I like Mike and some of the others but the more I see of the Weiss contributors the one who is Martins number one guy is the one who is the least impressive, he looks arrogant, a legend in his on mind, puffed up with self pride ( a… just look at me I so smart attitude) It’s pathetic. Martin needs to reconsider and let all the others contribute more and a lot less of the self aggrandizing unimpressive Larry Edelson. I don’t think I am alone in that opinion.

I really enjoyed the global forum video. However I keep running across statements that China’s apparent growth is deceptive. Some people think it’s a bubble destined to collapse. Is there a way of knowing how much of the China promotion is just hype? Do we really know China’s economic status?

This morning I responded to the latest Austrian Fischer/Price up-date from Claus:

Dear Money and Markets,

I had been meaning to get another note off to you guys, but have been delayed in sending it until this latest attempt at economic, Austrian sanity in a world gone mad.

There are two glaring omissions from your analysis. First you keep speaking in terms of “ups” and “downs,” but without any sound “Bureau of Weights and Measures.” Of all the things that historically needed weighing and measuring gold was probably the most important. But I don’t want to get ahead of myself here.

Given what is passing for soundness in the U.S. Government, and its associated hand maidens, it is certainly within the realm of possibility that it’s minions will figure out a way to move into hyper inflation, including the prices in $s of stocks and bonds without any significant “down turn” in the markets. The reason is that it has become a “MAD MAD MAD World,” and the Stock markets have bought into the insanity.

As for Gold, the banker’s war on gold has been going on for quite some time now, aided and abetted by the advocates of Messianic governments. The credibility of gold had to be the first thing to go if the monetary shell game was/is to succeed.
In the short run, it may appear that the integrity of Gold is the friend of creditor nations, but in the end, the integrity of gold is the enemy of every power hungry politician in the world.

The last time that gold got in the way of the centralized control freaks, they simply confiscated it. It wasn’t until 1974, that Phil Crane finally succeeded in getting the U.S. government to recognize once again the right of U.S. citizens to own gold once again.

That said, my second point is your continuing advice ignoring the very high probability that gold will simply be confiscated once more.

If you are going to come up with some meaningful advice, something that will have a better result than your vaunted “contrarian portfolio,” You need to think a little deeper and better if you are going to help protect us from the present economic madness/tyranny. Luke 7:31, 32

Sincerely,

James Jay Ferris

Martin,
Thank-you for once again bringing ordinary folks such as myself such financial quality, clarity, and honesty in a timely manner. You and your organization and all of your associates are the best. Your striving to bring even more excellence appears to be a continuous process. Over many years you have correctly and courageously stood for sound principles of money management and fiscal discipline. I appreciate the stand that your father, yourself, and your organization have taken to help guide us through some of the worst financial times this world has known and help us prosper along the way.
Thank-you,
Bob Williams,
Valdez, Alaska

Thanks so much for the information that you provided in the webinar.
It is rare to get this kind of insight and overview for free. Thank you!
The webinar content and perspectives are very helpful in bringing a good dose of reality to standard financial news.
Once again you have earned more of my trust and respect.

Hello Mr. Weiss,
That was very thoughtful of you for sending me my very own letter. Thank you sir.
I know very little about investing and starting to learn. Boy !!!!!! it sure is confusing to me right now. I am only 65 yrs.young.
It will be several months before I can start to do any investing but trying to learn some of the basic for now. I do think for a starter I should invest in short to med. term trading. Then if I can make enough and not loose my shirt, then I would be able to invest more at a later date.
I patiently wait for my Money&Markets in my mail box. I enjoy them and the video from last thursday. Wow !!! That was GREAT..
Thank you so very much and God Bless you Mr. Weiss.

Patty.

I found this very imformative and insightful. I thought you might have a little more about Brazil, considering your background. Thank you so much for doing this. It is a great sevice!

Enjoyed your global forum very much. I have watched it twice and believe you have put together a relatively quick overview of the Global Economy, that can be easily grasped and understood. I am working with a number of organizations that could benefit from this overview and your services. I understand the forum will not be available after this week on the web. Will it be available for purchase in CD or DVD form? If so, I would be interested in introducing it to affiliates that have millions of members. Thanks for this valuable information and if you could have someone from your organization get back with me, this would be great. My cell is 303-946-0692. Merlin

Be assured that I and my family are deeply grateful for the education and insights your team gives… and for free. That is unheard of in today’s world. Because of your team, I believe my hard fought for retirement plan is protected against what’s coming in the next year.

God bless you’ll,

Doug

Martin,

The Global Forum was excellent and puts in context this current bear rally and the investment opportunities it presents with the longer term bear market which you forecast to resume in 2012. While I have never thought we were close to exiting this bear market, I was concerned that the Weiss group of people were not seeing opportunities for investment gains within this bear market. Within the last 60 days that has changed. As a subscriber to the Alliance Foundation, better tools are available to navigate this bear market. Also, thank you for being a voice of reason to the dead head spenders we have in Washington D.C. I just wish they would listen!!!

The Global Forum was a very worthwhile session. Many thanks for arranging it.

It seemed like you were recapping the portion of the game that’s already been played without having bet on the leading team. I wonderred why we haven’t bet on China or Brazil up til now, and I don’t recall any specific recomendations for the upcoming part of the game.

I appreciate your efforts to get various points of view from around the world. You really care about what is going to take place and are trying hard to determine what course of action is the best to take.
Thank you,
Robin

Great hour of chock a block information…damn shame it comes off so soon and isn’t kept on your website…have to watch it many times to get all that is said. Well done…one wonders why they don’t see all the patterns themselves ! Thanks again !

Dear Martin: I found the global forum informative and helpful in a macro sense. However, a s a member of the Million Dollar group who has invested, I am concerned we are getting nowhere fast. First we went with Claus on shorting the S&P and financials then we got out based on the bear rally which now looks like its in trouble,. In short, although I am in a loss position thus far, I am more concerned about overall direction as we seem to be whipsawing back and forth to no great advantage. what is the plan/next steps? I am losing confidence in Claus! Please advise. Thx. Bill Luceno

I shared the Global Forum with several key advisors and business associates. Many said: “thanks for the reality check” , “this helps break some pre-conceived, short sighted ways of looking at the economy and markets” , “would like to have on going access to the Age/Population Pyramid Demographics with a free market policy curve barometer shown”. This last item provoked a lot of interest. Great work! Thankyou JJK

I would like to thank you for helping me crossing the major crisis with lower losses (I stil lost a lot).
Unfortunately the recomendations of the program I’ve enroled to (The Million Dollar Contrarian portfolio) coused me not to enjoy the latest Ralley and even to loose while the markets made the correction (due to the bett against the market).

Can I trust the future recomendations of this program? Can you incorporate information from other tools you have to help us investors and your customers to gain part of these losses?

The video overview is good but it is lacking recomendations. Bett on China is good but not enough and should be applied to a small portion of the portfolio due to the risks involved.

Can we get a more specific plan in the way of this is what your full portfolio should include assuming you have $1M.

Thanks,

Asaf

Hi Martin,
Many thanks to you and your team. That was a fascinating “big picture” briefing. I write a fair bit on both global M&A and on the settlements and clearance infrastructure around the world and found the China section particularly good. I like playing the indices through spread betting, not a route you talk about much, and boom or bust are all grist to that mill. For buy and hold investors, your ETF recommendations on gold and China look spot on. Two observations, stability in China looks to be very heavily predicated on jobs being found for the huge inflows to the cities from the countryside. Appeasing the prols is a tough trick to pull off year in and year out, as successive Roman emperors found to their cost. Your experts probably do not want to be seen speculating on the ability of the Party to keep herding cats in the right direction, but it is worth them pondering the point. As a senior HSBC man in Hong Kong told me during an interview recently, “Every time the Chinese Government tells the market to go left, it goes right…” In a high growth environment that probably doesn’t matter, but if growth falters all bets are off. Second point, Asia or at least SE Asia, is getting very exercised over the idea of pan-Asian settlement infrastructure initiatives to rival those in Europe (which envies the US position). Would a pan-Asian bond settlement infrastructure actually do anything, do you suppose, to increase intra Asia investment in one another’s sovereign debt? A growing Asian bond market would seem to be a likely outcome of the shift in power from West to East and that presents opportunities that will be worth pondering as these countries harmonise/reform/open up their sovereign debt markets. Fringe points, but I raise them for your interest.

Best regards
TH

Thank you for your email -this is intended as observation of the forum - in some ways you finish it and leave it up in the air - the observations and facts and views are clearly correct and well put together by every one but it remains just that - there is no action - a few recommendations. I am sure I cannot be the only one who has not got enough knowledge or time to do the required research -that would give the confidence to invest in any one of the areas such as China or the BIC countries.– I could subscribe to another one of the investment news letters you have to get this advice — but I already subscribe to CP. I cannot keep spending my funds on more investment recommendations when I need these funds to invest. The risks are too high these days in buying more investment advice and putting funds on the market. Passed experience of buying one or two of the subscriptions has proved to be less than profitable. - As I said these are observations not complaints.
It would be good to know if any of the ideas would be included in say CP or any other publication - other wise I think I am left with a set of very good ideas and no where to go - because of the reasons I have given and other personal reasons

Loved your presentation. Do you have a written summary of the forum available? Thank
you.

Dear Martin, 20/8/09

Thank you for the videos - they are very interesting. I like the way you appear - it gives me a good idea of your character.

I have a Self-employed Superannuation Fund with approx AU$300K invested in mainly Australian Managed Funds run by BT Wrap and I am interested in taking a more direct role in managing it, if I can apply your system to doing so. My close family has approx AU$20M directly invested in cattle and cattle grazing land. Our profits are being choked by too much debt and the rising AU$, and I want to do something about it!

Do you know somebody reliable who assist me in doing so? For instance, how do I factor in the movements in the AU$ if I am investing on the American Stock Exchanges? (the AU$ has risen substantially recently and it is lowering our cattle prices because most of the beef that we produce is exported to Japan and America). What is the Income Tax situation if I invest on the American Stock Exchanges?

I have never done any direct trading on a Stock Exchange however I do have a good Satellite Internet Connection even though I live remotely in Australia and can work a computer fairly well. Am I correct in assuming that it would be practical to use your recommendations with online trading even though I operate in Australia? Do I have to trade on American Stock Exchanges?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Edgar

50% into gold in these uncertain times. After viewing your presentation, I feel good about half gold, half cash positions. Information about the ongoing power shift from West to East and your information on cycles is invaluable. This information isn’t coming from any other sources that I am aware of. Thank You!

Great presentation-best you and your team has ever done in the 30 plus years I have been following you. I think you should warn your readers about the dangers of the entire criminal banking system including the FED. Currently we are using or stuck with a 4 cent dollar measured in 1914 dollars. Also, please have your readers support Ron Paul’s bill to audit the FED. I think this bill is RH1207. Thankyou - James

I found the Weiss Global Forum very informative and interesting. For the past 15 years I have been following different demographic trends and have come to similar conclusions. Almost all the trends are pointing down in the U.S. and for Europe at least for the next few years. I especially enjoyed the varied insights represented from your excellent team during the forum! Thank you for making it available to us!

Steve Klukas sjklukas@gmail.com (763) 754-6692 Blaine-MN

Dear Mr. Weiss
I have been reading your information now for many years, best out there. Keep up the great work, I have passed onto many others your site and many have joined in.

I have one question:
It is about the fund “GLD” it was as I thought to be backed by Gold. But I have read several articles by different people that it is not Gold backed and can not be audited. Here is a link to one of these articles and several others are saying the same thing. I would like you to check it out and give me a response or an update to us all if turns out to be a concern.
Thanks, Steve Klukas Blaine-MN

http://news.goldseek.com/JamesTurk/1101100282.php

Please accept my thanks for this forum. I am very interested in Economy. I like to hear your thoughts. Thank you again.

Monique

Martin - I sent this in response to an email but I will write it here again. I watched the global forum and it was great and to the point. Therefore I wonder why we are not directed to invest in the foreign markets you discussed. I have not been to China but I have been to India. The biggest thing I noticed in most of the developing nations is that those children who are able to go to school spend more hours in the classroom than we do in this country. And the work day is longer and the work week is six days in many places. If India learns how to deal with 40 % of their population in extreme poverty and get it under control, their educated and diligent workforce will out produce us. Because China dealt with their population issue many years ago they do not have to deal with a large number of persons in extreme poverty and will continue to out-produce us and soon own all of us. Aren’t we able to invest there?

I visited India, Bangladesh, Nepal and the Rotary International service projects I have been involved with to help women become self supporting. I believe that until the world of women are able to be productive we will continue to have more people when we need more products. I am working toward solving that problem.

I believe that for my own financial plan, I will come out ahead with your leadership during this financial crisis and your reasoning sounds logical to me so for the first time in my 75 years I have taken on a portion of my investment for my own choices (really yours). I hope we will soon start to trade on the world market. I have pledged to the Rotary Foundation 20% of any profit I make from working with you. This is very serious with me and I want you to know that the women around the Ganges River in India are counting on that money for education centers exclusively for women, in Nepal young girls are looking to attend school and in Bangladesh, to learn tailoring so they can make clothes for us. I’m in the world market now, when do my investments get there? Barbara Maves

Thank you Mr Weiss for producing the Global Forum, it was very informative and I learned a lot.

Hi Martin,
Thank You for your informative forum.
I am an Australian investor trying get a handle on this global crisis, and I find your information and disscussions coming from an area of common sense and honesty instead of what someone might hope it would be.
I am a retired grain farmer, and common sense has been a big factor in my decision making over many years.
Keep up the good work, and show us the way through this mess, Regards, NED

Hello Martin,

A very nice day to all at Money and Markets.

It is with a feeling of sincere gratitude and admiration that I write to you, to express my opinion regarding the Weiss Global Forum you so wisely and generously provided.

In my opinion, what you have done with this forum has a far greater meaning than just the financial markets’ and global economys’ analasys’ which you so competently presented.

Indeed, it was totally demonstrative of the NEED for a bigger over all picture of what is
HAPPENING ON EARTH. The forum brought into context, some of many issues which, are largely being defined and shaped by the financial sectors, economys and market driving forces, yet are much more important than what many would conceive ….. WITHOUT the forum.

The demographics of population growths is one example …… The fact that (as Claus) defined,
there is NO MOTIVATIONAL GROWTH INCENTIVES in Europe or the USA IS ANOTHER …….
thirdly ….. as Tony and Larry pointed out, the stupendous influential magnitude that internet technology is having on world markets, trends, economys and more.

These are just a few examples of the wealth of insight which is revealed when a panel of professional people with extremely analytical minds …. is pooled into a think tank with future vision as the key objective, guided by an intelligent wise and experienced analyst host.

I feel that you are in a kEY position to make a significant contribution to the reduction of Global Warming and numerous other critical issues which we are all facing, by bringing into the psyche and consciousness of those who would open their mind, ( hopefully Governments ) these revealing insights into the statistical and factual data’s and it’s implicative and consequential potential effects ….. BEFORE it actually has happenend.

No one has a crystal ball but The Weiss Global Forum’s panel of experts is as close as we will ever get.

Every single Government in the world should be using this kind of analytical approach and allocating significant resources to employing professional teams such as yours to get to the bottom of what’s HAPPENING everywhere ………. instead of buying armourment as a consequence of not knowing, and being scared of not knowing how to profit in this world without manipulating oil supply ! ….. The myriad of conflicts, war, poverty, and dominative greed and the range of associated social problems which they all create could all be adjusted to a more functional MODEL if they would only do what you are doing!
( as a method of analasys ) ……..and if they did, the human race would have a far far brighter future.

You’re a MAVERICK Mr Weiss …. A BEACON and a PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT INTELLIGENT MEN SHOULD DO TO ASSESS THIS ESCALATING AND EVOLVING GLOBAL SITUATION.

With Sincere Thanks

Carle Cache

Mr. Weiss, very thankful for the work you do. Keep it coming I am learning alot and want to profit from whats going on. I enjoy all the updates and appreciate them. Thanks a million!! JIM

Martin:
Your online economic roundtable was very informative. It would be most helpful if all Americans could ponder the thoughts of that 64 minute discussion. We ARE seeing a historical shift in economic dominance to China. The free-floating anxiety I have about our country & it’s economic survival is directed towards my future grand-kids; it will be a whole different world for them. I am a history buff, and am amazed at the similiarity of the US & ancient Rome; archeologists digging down through the stratas of the Roman civilization have found the silver content in the coinage increasing going back in time. And what will our national debt make our civilization look like in the future after this game is over. My state, California, is an economic train wreck. Its inability to save itself is the result of a polarization of politics, special interests, lobbyists, greed, etc, of which I am afraid is a not-to-distant mirror of where our Federal government is headed along w/ the rest of the nation. Where we go from here….or can we!!
I have some specific observations of items covered in the talk…but will try later.
-Michael Cooper

Martin,

I have never written you or commented in the past, but on your email request, have decided to do so today. I must confess, I didn’t like you very well around 1991. That was the year you correctly called for the demise of First Capital Life in California, which came true, and I lost my company trip to sail on the Windjammer ship for 7 days with my wife off the coast of Tahiti.

But, here you go again. Correctly calling for trouble before it fully arrives. And, this time, I have nothing to loose and everything to gain. Sadly, most of your advice applies more to my financial clients than to me, being a very small investor.

Yet, I want to know what you are thinking and doing and I also thank you for sticking your neck out in “calling the future”, for us!

God Bless!

M.D. Anderson
Arizona

Thank you very much for your sharing your professional opinions.

The Weiss Global Forum was the best video you’ve ever done. You had a stellar panel of experts and the quality of information they shared was incredible! The fact that you weren’t selling anything really upped your credibility. It allowed me to listen with an open mind since I didn’t have to filter out the sales pitch. I hope this will be the first of many great educational broadcasts.

Thoroughly enjoyed it … thanks!

Martin,

The web cast was very informative and was not a plug for your organization. Keep serving the people, you are doing a great job.

Great job Martin.Now about the markets,I have read on the internet,newspapers,magazines,and heard on the talking head shows,as well as the nightly news, that this market rally is the real deal,that foreign markets is the place to put your money.The best way to make money is to get in a stock,or sector,before anyone else.With everyone now jumping on the bandwagon, I’m very cautious and have taken my money off the table two weeks ago.There is just two much talk for me, I will wait for a pull back,that is now happening in China and around the globe.I’m surprised you do not stress this to your subscribers.

Very informative and interesting presention! Glad to have seen it. Thank you.

One comment on China:
China’s future may look very bright now, but with their one child per family birth restriction, their population by age distribution will eventually become a top heavy one instead of the ideal pyramid shape for positive economic growth. The top heavy population distrbution will eventually adversely impact their economic growth, since they will have a lot more aged people having to be supported by a lot less working people. I wonder how many more years can China continue to enjoy positive economic growth.

What a wealth of information and experts. It was helpful to listen to their views and suggestions.

I tend to favor mutual funds over individual stocks because its a safer, more convenient way to invest.

I appreciate your informing us in a unique way with the global forum you provided. I hope you will do it again.

For Sound and Profitable Investing,

Tim Munger

Martin, thanks for great advice, wish I had paid strict discipline to the newsletter. I have been taking a survey for the last 2 years. Many very interesting replies. OK, if you had to move and could move anywhere in the world, where would you go?

Best regards,
John

The strategy/portfolio review was excellent. I agree with your basic thesis and the straigtforward way you present it - “west to east,etc” is very good. Its easy to lose the forest through the trees with all the info available. The question I keep asking myself is about timing, and is the story approaching “consensus”? Even if it is, no doubt the major story is intact. Suspect India might be a better/less risky story - better demographics. China’s one child policy will present a problem in several years.

Mr Weiss:

I wish to advise that your GLOBAL FORUM was without a doubt one of the most

informative of discussions on global financial matters which I have ever listened.

I appreciated your invitation to listen to your global forum and am very thankful to you and your associates.

sincerely,
michael oddi

ONE OF THE MOST INFORMATIVE AND USEFUL SYNOPSIS OF THE WORLD’S ECONOMIC CONDITION I HAVE EVER HEARD….A TRUE LEARNING EXPERIENCE, TO SUM IT UP IN ONE WORD…..EXCEPTIONAL! LET’S DO IT AGAIN!

The information that you provided in your video is very helpful in this time of our goverment spending like never before.
Thank Youl

Mr. Wiess,
thank you very much for your informative presentation. I do think that emerging markets will be good investments soon. However, at this point China is acting very much like a bubble market and it would be best to wait until that bubble pops before jumping into the Chinese market or other emerging markets. I love the research you do and appreciate your information on a daily basis.

Martin, your 64-minute global strategy update was superb !!! It has changed the direction of my investment strategy — starting now.

Many thanks!

Hut Theller

The general information you give is very insightful and helpful to a certain degree. I am a very small time investor as compared to alot or most others and therefore cannot afford to subscribe to the various services, let alone have the capital necessary for some of the types of investments you recommend. I know, mutual funds and etf’s do not require a large amount to start out so I guess my only hope is to be patient, take it slow, and invest for the long haul. I just wish I had more access to the information provided by the foundation for the study of cycles. I guess what I am really trying to say is I want higher rewards without taking higher risk. Ha Ha. I know you and your team put out a lot of good information and I will continue to closely monitor your advice. Thanks alot for all of the good work you are doing!!!!!!

Martin,

I thought your global economic summit was terrific. As a council member it is difficult to set a budget these days that makes use of the tax dollar wisely. Therefore, it is now even more important that I know what’s up in our world economically. Your program provided me with lots of info. Thank you. Sue

Spetember 2008: It was batten the hatches, get your money to safety. = 100%. I Love Martin.
Fast forward to mid 2009: A new get rich quick scheme/theory every month.
What gives?

We found your Global Forum truly insightful and full of new information, as well as a new way of looking at the ‘big picture’. We intend to take steps to alter our investment strategies based upon this information. We look forward to more informational webinars.
Thank you and your hard working team for looking after your clients with such commitment.

You’re looking good! But would look more youthful without the beard. I look the same
age as you, but I’m not. I’m 89! I look better than my 60-year old son!

The TV forum was excellent! Great picture of our economic conditions and where we stand globally.

I am really anxious about your investment recommendations.

Oscar Fuhrmann

Dear Dr. Weiss, I am grateful for the wealth of timely information which was provided in the webcast by you and your confreres at noon on August 13th. I watched the video a
second time since then and look forward to the printed version when it becomes available. To have your people participate from around the globe enhanced the overall
presentation. It makes me even more appreciative of the effort that went into making
the webcast such an overwhelming success. Thank you, Melba Sport

Hi Martin, I watched the original video, which I always try to do. You do a great job of communicating! As a former media executive — General Manager of the New York Daily News and The Christian Science Monitor — I appreciate your proven ability to get the message out in an understandable way. However, having read your recent “Important Strategy Update”, I sense a little moving away from your strong conservative position. Do not let your new affiliation with Richard Mogey influence you too much! Just today Jim Shepherd’s computer model declared we are heading into a “deflationary spiral” and last week, Dr. Stephen Leeb, who has always been less conservative than you or I, changed his view and stated that there is a severe market crash straight ahead. And Doug Casey has been saying that, too. If America goes down the tubes, Europe will certainly follow. Even China, India and Brazil may not do too well in the short haul. This is a time that I need your safe and sure approach, just like Irving guided me in those many years ago. So, hang tough in there, Martin, and stick to what your gut feeling is! I am counting on you!

With appreciation, Bruce McCauley

Congratulations on your excellent track record of forecasting, taking into account the many complexities affecting the market and taking a firm stance with rare vacillations. I read your offerings with interest, but have become hesitant to seek profits, having been burned in the market collapse and much too late taking your advice to get into cash. A widower of 84 with an emergency heart bypass and other heart problems in my medical history, it seems a bit late in my lifetime to try to recover past losses. I have concluded that it would be in my best interests to focus heavily on income-producing securities, allowing me to continue making significant monetary gifts to my children at Christmastime - they need the infusion more than I do. Probably the group size of people with similar objectives is small, but if you could deal with such situations a tad more frequently, I would surely be appreciative.

I very much enjoyed the presentation finding it quite useful.

FYI: I live in a community of seniors 55+ years and older. I, personnally, am still working in the academic field, administration, at a college in Ft. Lauderdale. I don’t have much money but many others do. All too often we hear the terms: short term, intermediate term and long term. Please explain what each means in terms of time periods involved. For those that need income, what reputable bond funds might you suggest or are there other alternatives?

Thanking you in advance,
Richard Schneider

Mr.Weiss:thank you for taking the time to inform people about different investment strategies and explaining what is going on during this era of turbulence within the financial markets. Your seminars are quite interesting and informative and I look forward to visitthe next one. Thanks again.
Loris

Dear Martin,

I am a long time admirer of you and your concern for your subscribers.

Your warnings about the dire circumstances surrounding the market have saved investors millions of dollars.

MY only criticism of your broadcast was that the majority of time was given to China.

I have been to China many times and the way to learn what’s going on is to go to the restaurants and bars where the Western businessmen sit and chat.

All the numbers coming out of China are phoney and cannot be relied upon for investment. China’s GNP and growth are numbers that are preset regardless of performance.

China will be lucky to grow at 0 to 1% this year and thats only because of the stimulus.

Huge office buildings (skyscaqpers)remain empty in Shanghai and Senzhen and thousands of huge factories have been closed.

Exports are down 25%.

They chinese accounting system books “shipments” when the money is released from the bank not when the project is completed.

Advise your readers to stay away from China just as Klaus advised them to stay away from Europe.

Regards,

Burt

Dear Martin,

I thought this discussion was quite good, especially the new perspectives on the Asia-Pacific opportunities.

In another forum, perhaps you could have someone go into the detailed mechanics of investing in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo stocks for American citizens. This would encompass how to use American brokers, if possible, to do this, or, how to establish other accounts through which this might be done. This would, of course, be different from buying ADRs in U.S. markets or buying ETFs or mutual funds in America that supposedly invest in only those markets. The idea is to buy only the stocks an individual investor may be interested in and do so on their exchanges and in their currencies.

Any help you could provide in this area would be very much appreciated, no doubt by many, as well as by me.

Thanks for doing all these forums on your own. Most interesting.

Yours truly,

Martin L. Green

Martin,
It was a very good session.
I would only ask that when guests give recommendations for
funds or stocks, that they be visually reinforced with
ticker symbols and names.
Otherwise, very very informative.
I like your consistent effort to provide information
without trying to constantly sell products.
It is an approach that draws many, many more
people to your service than otherwise.

Thanks again,
Jack

Martin, I have researched China growth for years. I have friends in China. I tell my friends in Detroit about China growth, hey I am moving to Asia next week, But, it was not until I saw your video that it sunk in. Its not just growth. Its a Mega-Megatrend. Its not a shift in wealth from west to east, its a shift in everything. How can I describe it.
Its a major shift in opportunities for business as opposed to sharp contraction of opportunities here. The nail in the coffin is the capitol flight.
99% of Americans don’t understand. Oh they understand production jobs have gone to China, but none of my friends understand the profound change that has taken place. The historic change that has taken place. Even I did not understand the bigger picture until I saw that video. After watching that I just said to myself “WOW”. It was one of those light bulb moments.
I have seen the growth for myself, but you know everything has cycles. Now I realize that they (Asia) are at the beginning of a big new growth cycle.
People in America have the perception that everything China makes is exported to America. And that now that America is having troubles that China is suffering. As your report pointed out this is untrue. My research shows only some where around 20% of China’s exports go to USA.
Asia is taking the lead in the world. Taking it from USA. I am not sure even the Asians fully understand this.

That was a great presentation and really helps guide investors. Also, I would like to hear more about specific investment companies, bonds, funds,ETFs, etc. but I know that is asking a lot.

Hi Martin, I enjoyed your latest video quite a bit. Be advised that I can’t view them while I am at work so I have to view later in the evening. I joined the Foundation for the Study of Cycles so I am curently studying their work and works!

Their latest missive was entitled “Waiting for Godot or a correction, Is it futile” This encapsulates my view completely.

Do you think that there is so much money floating around the current rally has quite a while to go?

Thanks,

Unexpectedly had to miss the web cast, but caught it later. All the participants were excellent. They all give facts and charts that re-enforce their views. We are treated with respect and given solid facts for the position they take and not blindly expect us to follow every opinion.
Claus has taken some criticism because of his thoughtful investing principles, but I admire his logic and would encourage him to maintain his oohilosophy. The blogs indicate that some members have more day trading temperament. A good stock with good fundamentals will remain a good stock until the fundamentals change.
I have studied some of Prechter and the Elliot wave books and feel waves are important in life cycles, Richard has good basis for his wave theories. I did not find them fruitful in the 90’s. My age group is not as comfortable with close trading times even though my stock turnover is more rapid than any time in my life.
I intend to give Richard Mogey a good chance, but am not as comfortable as with Claus.
Thank you foir all your efforts.

It was a fantastic Forum and I enjoyed very much. You should be commended for offering those quality professional men that conducted the Forum. I appreciated your offering these informative to us.

Dear Martin,
I enjoyed your forum, thank you. Perhaps I am missing a simple economic principle in the following;
1. At the corporate level the well known “du pont” ratio of return on capital [roc=np/capital] is the product of two ratios ie. net profit/ sales * sales /capital.
NP/sales gives us a measure of efficiency while Sales/capital gives us a measure utilisation of capital.
2. At the state or national level it appears that the notion of national capital is omitted from general analysis of the present malaise. e.g. if the capital value of the USA [calculated in similar fashion to a corporation] is compared to its GNP [or GDP] ???

very good info. what is you opinon on where the market is going (down)?

very good info. what is you opinon on where the market is going (down

Hi Martin,

I watched the global forum. I got chills up my spine. My scene has been one of turmoil and change for the last year. I’ve got several research projects going, and am constantly in a state of information overload. I am months behind in my reading. I have been getting your news letter now for some months. I’ve been scanning and filing and moving on, and I confess I haven’t given it the study it deserves. That said, I’m new to the markets and have a problem with basic definitions of things. I also don’t have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it through. When I watched the forum, I beheld the future. I see myself as a continuous life long investor under your influence and guidance. That is the reason for this email. Today my domestic scene is once again tranquil and I am starting over. I have nothing. I have only this direction, and the desire for this future. So my question to you is how do I best align myself with what you are doing? Sincerely, Tony Heil.

Thank you for what you are doing. Today, Aug. 19, I saw the news about China’s stock market declining 20% since Aug. 4.because the Gov’t quite injecting “stimulus” money into credit for buyer’s to buy stocks on margin. I am sure there is more to this story, but this is similar to 1928-1929 pre crash when the Fed at that time lowered Fed rates, therefore creating more money for investors to buy on margin helping the stock bubble to grow. What are your thoughts on this? More importantly, how can you accurately determine what is really going on with China’s economy since they can manulipate any number and indicator they want for their own agenda? ( Which could be to attract large amounts of capital, therefore boosting their credit flows and cash without having the fundamentals to support it?) Thank you for your time.

I appreciate your work and assessment of the world financial situations. As a Canadian senior retiree I am limited in making investments from my present location in Canada but I thoroughly enjoy following your actions along with your foreign consultants. Wishing you continued success. Walter Hood

Dear Martin, many thanks for the video. It all makes sense to me. But, I don’t know what to do any longer. I believe that the powers that be (NWO) will do what they want. Anything anyone does today is just a shot in the dark. When will ‘they’ determine it’s time to strike Iran? When will ‘they’ transfer everything from the Fed to the IBS? There are mad men ruling this world. I think your analysis of what SHOULD happen is excellent, but the ‘crazies’ may have other plans, or not…who knows?

In that I have lost approximately $300,000.00 over the last year in the commodities market, (gold - silver- grains) I would like to know - If the stock market continues to deteriorate, will the commodities slide along with it?

Warren Ogren

I enjoyed the information on the video and found it very interesting……I am retired and have need of investments for my IRA….Do you recommend the same investments that are in your Safe Money Report and Real Wealth Report for my IRA….? If not, could you or Larry suggest some in one of your monthly reports or reminders.

Thank You

Your webcast was very informative but we have a mounting crisis here in the USA as we watch the International Banking Cartel attempt to takeover our country through the manipulation of a traitorous group of elected officials and a complicit national media who is working hand in glove with the Socialist World Gov.(UN) in order to establish a Fascist World Gov.(New World Order) for the benefit of the so called ruling elite. This will amount to about 6000 criminally insane individuals controlling a planet of 6 billion people who are increasingly being controlled by oppressive laws and regulations through the World Gov. that now exist. The USA is now in the process of being dismantled by design; and that ought to send chills up the spine of every person who has ever thought about a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The real question the people who have resources now need to ask is:”Who will stand up to fight this tyranny now while we have the means to do so?” That is the spirit of 1776 and the time is now for the second revolution. We can either save our freedoms or go down in history as the generation that was too self-absorbed and cowardly to fight for what was right.

Martin -
Great video packed with good information and insights.
Have already forwarded it to a friend.
Keep up the good work!

Bob Hinkle

Thank you for bringing together a team of hands on professionals. I am appalled at what is happening to our country and find myself bouncing between anger and despair. Your video helped me refocus on the future. As a practical matter there is really little I can do to change the world. I simply need to adjust to where it is going. Your video was practical and pragmatic and a really solid macro economic lesson on the flow of wealth and power from the “old and declining” west to the resurgent east. I simply need to go with the flow and the video helped me realize it.

I enjoyed the program very much, but would have liked to have had more input from those participating related to their views re. markets world-wide. i.e. Is the recent Shanghai stock slump the beginning of something more ominous such as a start of a new bear market, resumption of recession or start of a possible world wide depression?
Thanks,
Rich

Your Global Forum was fantastic, to say the least. For me, I greatly appreciated your
seeing to it that we were given specific names for purchase, in addition to the ever
present economic up to date info offfered.

Martin, I must voice my sincere thanks for your continued caring of your followers. I
wish good health to you and your lovely family, as well as many more years of your
unequalled contributions. Congratulations!!!

It was an eye opening discussion on global economic issues. I have sent it to my children and nephew to listen to the indepth global economic issues, and I hope they get an insight into the economic issues at hand.

Hi Martin,

Thanks once again for a truly informative conference. What I cant seem to comprehend is that all of a sudden we seem to be getting a lot of good news coming out about China’s impressive turnaround.

Now this country only a year back was hit hard by the recession. Their exports which accounted for a large part of their output was in deep trouble with rising unemployment and closing factories.

Are we to believe that because of their government stimulus program and the hard currency that they hold works like a magic wand and poof all their troubles are over in less than a year??

If you look at the purchasing power of the local Chinese it is way lower than the American or westerner. Can their domestic buying make up for all the loss in demand they have suffered from exports and bring back the unemployed.

If their traditional exports are still in the doldrums then where is the foreign exchange coming in from. Something doesnt sound right here. I am confused.

It was wonderful insight into the current market situation and I am being avid voucher of market movement for last ten years, Your Global Forum has strengthened my view.

Thanks lot for great work

Martin,

I very much appreciate your work. I began looking at investment organizations in 2008 when my brother sent an email introducing me to your newsletter. Soon I was flooded with newsletters. I knew zilch about investing. I had always left that to our broker. I am 77 and don’t learn as quickly as I used to. I have no friends or acquaintances who know anything about investing. Parkinson disease has complicated my life considerably. Operating this computer drives me crazy. I knew that this country was in deep trouble, so for the sake of my family and friends I had better stick with the learning process. Somehow I always found myself going back to your newsletters as my best and most trusted informant. Even now as a member of The Foundation Alliance I find myself struggling with the nuts and bolts of using Scottrade to handle investments. As I watched this video I felt your program connecting a lot of dots for me. I do find it unique in the “news” rivers of ink that pour over us every day. So be assured of my appreciation of your work and of my determination to continue this learning process.

Thank you for the opportunity to express my appreciation.

Ed Steichen

Thanks for the video, it was very informative and eye opening to see the bigger pic in the world. I’m in asia for about another week and trying to have wisdom about short and long term investments.Also about currency investments for short and long term. I’m interested in Brazilian CD’’s. What about other currency CDs. Thank you jean

The chinese stimulus package is nearly all spent however the projects started [many of which were projects delayed when their economy became too hot in 2005/6/7] will last for about 2 years .China andother parts of Asia are still hoping their export markets will come back in that time frame .
I cannot see the US and Europe recoverying much in this time as they will no doubt be stripping funds form any revenue base rto pay off their debts.
I agree there is a high potential for meltdown in or around 2012 +or minus 1 year but where can you seek protection for your assets unless you go inot physical commodities but then these physical markets may become frozen due to financial constraints …So do you simply buy Kruger rands ?

thanks for the update. Very timely given market conditions.

Dear sirs,
I enjoyed your series of transcripts very much. Not once I belive did you mention global warming and its effect on the world economy, that is in my opinion serious, to say the least, yet your prognosis is at least similar, remember I only say similar, to that where global warming takes place - you mention Russia having an advantage over europe for investment - I agree, but my concept of investment is not the classical model, it involves co-operatives and co-operation - its a totally different line of thinking. I am writing about it in three books, the first is not long from completion. Thank you for your time, Kind Regards Harold - Harold Lane from Highland, Scotland.

Is global trade sending us down shoot alley. Can taking big profits from the stock market hurt our ecomomy.

Dear Dr Weiss
Your Global overview was simply masterly from all your contributors, and the follow-up on China’s need for coal hammered the point home. How do we differentiate a small correction from the start of a big trend. i.e. the FTSE has a bit of time to run before selling, and the Far East prone to small correction too; so the timing of selling on a rise in Europe and buying on a dip in China is a huge part of the modus operandi.

Your advice here is key I feel

It is a most interesting and logical presentation, with all participants giving sound reasoning for their conclusions. Well worth close attention for the 60+ minutes.

Firstly I have amended the e-mail address you had listed above to my new one, please amend your records accordingly.
I enjoyed the session & found it very informative on the state of the world economies however while you mentioned Europe, USA & the B.R.I.C. economies there is no reference to our Australian market which hs reacted very differently to your USA or the European markets, could you qualify our situation & how we should be reacting to the present market here?

A vital word was left out of my comment - the ommision of “not” gave an opposite meaning to what was intended

Like the USA we have lost much on the capital value our investments without an easy recover plan. However our international outlook has some hope as we are one of the few countries that does NOT owe China; that is we have a favorable trade balance due to supplying China with coal, iron ore, copper and other minerals as well as natural gas.

Dear Martin.

Today again I watched the Global Forum video before you take it off the site.
Globel that was it and so surveyable.
This video was unique with many interesting comparisons between continents and countries.
I enjoyed especially the debates between Claus Vogt and Tony Sagani. The way they held different views on investing in China.
I am truly grateful for all these interesting informations.

Warmest regards.

Frieda

PS. Please excuses for the mistakes.

Hi Martin

I really appreciate the ongoing education that you are providing individuals like me.
Your recent publication was very useful and the fact that you managed to get so many worlwide experts to give the analysis is invaluable.
Thank you
Rashmi

DEAR MARTIN,

I HAVE BEEN READING AND WATCHING YOUR MAILS VERY REGULARLY ALMOST EVERY DAY AND LEARING A NEW STRATEGY EACH DAY. I MUST ADMIT THAT THE INFORMATION PROVDED THROUGH WEISS GLOBAL FORUM ARE UNIQUE.

I CONGRADULATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM OF EXPERTS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN BRINGING SUCH INFORMATION TO OUR DOOR STEP UNCONDITIONALY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT TELECAST SOON.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

MUHAMMAD ANSARI

Martin and team I found the commentary informative, conservative and well thought through. Tks. for the vierws and tools to match the times. Darius

I enjoyed the forum. I understand the shift. But, Is now the time to invest in the EDU? Also, should I keep my exxon stock? Sue

I appreciate all of your help in trying to navigate us through the tricky short and medium term outlook to try to get some profits while the market is trending up. All the while not letting us forget that the long-term outlook is still negative.
Martin, I feel your dad would be proud!!

Martin,

Many thanks for a very informative Global Forum. I very much agree with the views of your analysts. The sequence of inter-related bubble and bust events from the 99/00 dotcom crash to the 07/09 real estate crash and now to the goverment debt bubble coupled with the seismic shift of wealth from west (mature econonmies) to east (emerging economies) will shape both the economic and political climate for many years to come. I would be very interested on your thoughts on how the government debt problem in both the US and Europe will play out, will it be by (a) US and European growth being stimulated (or rather rescued) by the impressive growth in the emerging economies, (b) years of inflation resulting in a major realignment of currencies, (c) massive cuts in government spending for the next 5-10 years, or (d) something else! My view is that (a) will only have a partial impact, (c) takes political courage and may lead to social unrest, (b) a likely outcome for the UK pound and the Euro - and to the earlier demise of the US dollar as a reserve currency with consequent inflationary problems for the US.

David

Being a Canadian I would like to see more on the state of the Canadian Economy than I have seen of late. I feel that this would be of interest to your Canadian Subscribers. Considering thatt Canada is the largest trading partner with the U.S., I think this would also be of interest to a number of Americans.

I am a retired Real Estate Appraiser and I have noticed that while the Candian markets have been hit along with every one else, it seems that the real estate market has not suffered to the same extent as the US market. As things continue to unfold do you think that Canadian markets will suffer as they have in the United States. Are Canadian Financial Institutions as vulnerable as those in the U.S.?

Thank you for your attention to this.

Sincerely

Gary Gunn

i watched your global forum. true it is good to get in on the ground floor of emerging markets. but you should have released this info years ago. when it was actulally going on, not when the markets are top heavey. i have been investing in selected overseas markets for over twenty years and i can tell you the big profits have already been made and are trying to be had again by playing on the ingorance of the masses. if they had the same information assimatry that you have, they would be doing the very same thing you are doing, SELLING! real time, raw info is what the smart investor gets, not pick over, spun and outdated info that you push.

Appeciate your service and pointing out what could be ahead.

As I live in the UK, though, I sometimes feel your research is entirely aimed at the American Investor.

Thanks for the comments on emerging market ETF’s though, something anyone can use

Dear Sir,

I found the forum to be very informative. I learned a
great deal. I agree with many of your speakers on
their analysis. I also see a financial shift occurring. That
may be unfortunate for the United States. I hope that
things will get better for us in the west. Thank you again
for placing your forum on the web. Your guest speakers
were impressive. I agree with the fellow from Berlin
that the deficit is a problem. Thanks again.

Rob

Over time I have come to admire Money and Markets. First rate coverage of the global scene and a lot of information that I don’t find anywhere else. You don’t get this quality of service without a first-rate team. So my thanks and congratulations to all of you.

Hello Martin and Co: Thanks for the email. I greaty enjoy all of your communication - emails, books, video conferences etc. I have recommended you to several of my clients. So I am a big supporter. As such I have a few suggestions:
1) your credibility comes from excellent analysis but some of the newsletters come with lots of typical sales hype that inflate expections about spectacular returns in short periods of time. Be very careful with these communications.
2) You rail against insurance carriers yet made no distinction between group and individual health markets contributing to all the noise and confusion on health care debate. Comparing apples and oranges in terms of consumer protections.
3) Your book rails agains cash value life then you endorse the Bank on Yourself whole life model. Inconsistent at best.
4) Cycles trading - typical portolio is $25k with 10% dedicated to each trade ie $2500. How can you make any money doing this? A 10% move is $250 less trade feees.

Thanks. JS

Mr. Weiss,

I am not an economist, nor a market guru, yet I was overwhelmed by the insights and information provided by your panel. I was especially impressed by the observation of the gentleman from Germany and the views he expressed about the future of our national economy as viewed by professionals in other countries.

I would hope that you would find some method of distributing this information to the mass media and our political establishment. You might be limited to talk radio for starters of the Fox Network, but please make an effort.

Respectfully,

i have a sugestion for all you people who invest in iras, 401ks and mutial funds. get out of them now! why? iras and 401ks you do not have control of your investment money, and when you can begin to draw money out of thes plans without paying early withdrawing penilties you get taxed at the ERNED INCOME RATE, NOT AT THE PASSIVE OR PROFOLIEO TAX RATE WHICH IS WAY LESS. secondlyly if your investment in these types of accounts go sour you are pretty much chained to it and have to ride it to the bottom ( no exit stratigy) and not to mention the account maint. fees, account manager commisions that are took out too. get a financial education and take control of your own investments, don’t let some one else do it for you.

I liked it very much i liked what the German advisor had to say he sounded more concerned about the up-coming future events. I really wanted to know more about future commodity prices however, but thank you for this news event, it still was helpfull.

Martin,

The seminar was most valuable. It hit the point on some very important ideas.
Thanks for arranging a top quality , practical meeting. Would it be possible to prepare
a brief review of the most important points covered. I did take notes however,
much the trasmission was broken and impossible to hear, especially the overseas
discussions. Keep up the in depth work. You are most creditable, Bill Miller

Your recommend holding physical gold. I have had gold (mostly in gold coins) but I have never figured out how I could negotiate them in a crisis. Banks will not handle them, coin shops could be a very risky option, I have been ripped of by most of the “Big Boys” like Blanchard, Investment Rarities, etc. Even getting coins valued safely is a problem. No, I am not paranoid, but you and I have similar views of what can happen when people get desperate.

My decision to buy gold stocks (like Newmont) was a disaster. The went down when gold went up!

Also, I understand that profits from selling gold funds are taxed at maximum rates?

Wow! Thank you so much. I have learn a great deal from all of you and would like for you to do this frequently. This is all very new to me and apparently nobody I know, believes nor wants to be concerned with this or what you are saying at this time. I find it alarming myself. I will want to ask you questions as I learn and become familier with this new way of thinking and possibly maneuvoring funds in the “hopefully” near future. Thank you for sharing and being open to everyone. Tracy

Martin
Thank you for your valuable service.I appreciate the longer term thinking of you and your colleagues.I appreciate the international exposure and expertise that you offer us.I look forward to reading your comments each day.I think you offer us realistic guidance .
GOD BLESS

dr weiss,
thank you for your presentation, you spoke highly of the future of chinee stocks even if the have not performed too well lately.

I live in the uk, how do i buy into the chinese market?

derek cordell

Martin,
After following you and your colleagues for several years now, I have come to trust your opinions and insights regarding the economy and markets. I very much appreciate you taking the time to share your high-level views of current status and also midterm trends that will soon be upon us. I can now strategize with my investments and trading with a higher level of confidence. That is valuable to me.
Kind regards,
Mike

Greetings,
The info presented on the video is sobering to understand the forces in play in the world that tilt the playing field to the east. What this represents for the US and Europe is boggling to my mind. Thank you for your indepth insight and the recommendations you made. I will continue to monitor your lead, and hopefully manage to avoid any major pitfalls. Thanks again, WW

Thanks for an excellent and comprehensive presentation.

Some factors that weren’t included in your presentation that I think impact the next decade’s economic course are:

a) The concentration of income into fewer and fewer hands…. as indicated in “Striking it Richer: The Evolution of Top Incomes in the United States by Emmanuel Saez UC Berkeley Dept. of Economics. His Fig. 3 showed the top 0.1% of earners pulling in 6% of total income… a 5% concentration happened in 1928, and from 1943 to 1982… the glory years of the US economy, the annual concentration in the top 0.1 % was under 1.6%. Significance: control of decision making becomes concentrated in fewer and fewer hands… the default condition of all backwards economies. There is a correlation here to Tax Policies and deficit financing… borrow and spend rather than tax and spend.

b) The cycle of bust… actions by government that kick the can down the road until later on a bigger bust… were well described, but not the end game which is that government itself falls apart. California is one of the canaries in the coal mine with this regard… and the US government may only be a few years behind. Government serves two functions: to set a stable national and global infrastructure that serves as a hot-house for business growth, to regulate excesses. Our failure to properly fund the government so that it can do either job puts the government itself in danger. The myth “lower taxes is always better for business” is precisely as stupid as a statement that “lower prices” are always better for the companies supplying the goods and services…. at some point lower prices may up the volume, but will kill the business with losses. Taxes are a government’s pricing mechanisms…. must be enough to pay for the services and keep it healthy. We have long since abandoned that pay as you go approach that held during the golden years of the US economy.

The Global Forum video was one of the most informative investment forums I’ve seen. The national population graphs were fascinating. The insight into the way China is mitigating its dollar exposure by increasingly buying natural resource companies was stunning. How smart of them to figure a way to deal with the fact that selling those dollar-backed debts would be counter to their interests.

All in all the best thing I’ve seen in a very long time.

Martin,
Special thanks to all of your intelligent, honest professionals. The presentation was excellent and very helpful. I have watched a several e-conferences and you guys are the most informative, honest experts.

Thank you.

Thank you Martin for a very informative discussion .
However much of the greenshoots thinking is based on China’s resumption of growth .
Your forum I feel was influenced to a great deal by that thinking .
Two problems counteract that thinking .
1. Too many factories were built to supply the large but temporary demand in the US .
Many of these facilities are no longer functioning according to my sources .
2. Ditto for the office buildings in Beijing and Shanghai . Many of these are vacant and without a revenue stream to pay for their financing as is the case with the factories.
End result less employment and more debt without a revenue stream .
As well as the above , I believe Larry spoke in glowing terms of the 100 million Chuppies
. As has been the case in the US and other countries the number of these millionaires can also rapidly decrease with a global economic depression .

I like your conservative advise especially and have been following it. Read your book too. Most seniors would do well to be on guard as to loss of capital. Waiting for that once in a life time interest rate spike. Sound like you were getting pretty excited about it a few week ago, then rates dipped. Maybe the buy back money will run out by years end and we will get our opportunity.

Best presentation to date.
Claus? might comment more about the east Europe situation and expand on WHY it has not been a good investment. I have used PROVESTA of Deutsche Bank since about 1985. I am thinking of pulling out and going to Asia now.
Tony reassured me that China/Asia is not the boogy man of investment centers. I view Russia as a gangster homeland where govt leaders routinely appear to declare that what you have developed now belongs to the state…more or less for free. China’s rio tinto news of last month gave me a tinge of the same feeling happening in China.
Percess reminded me of your comment about Brazil reinventing its economy. WHEN? I will need to research this via “Economist” magazine? Obviously American politicians and leaders are out to lunch on this aspect. Unfortunately, i expect them to kill Canada as a side swipe. Canada though has sold natural resources for some 300 yrs. With the north opening up[global warming], more natural resources could continue to appear economic to extract. There is some concern about limited time ice roads and very poor infrastructure though. Will China deal with Canada and will USA impose restrictions upon Canada doing so ?

Martin,
Thankyou for allowing me to watch the video, I agree with other subscribers that this was a truly excellent forum. We received a brilliant insight to the global shift taking place from your experts positioned in the US,Europe and Asia. It really brought home how the debt burden and demographic distribution will hold the West back in relation to the East.
Many thanks again.

I have a problem investing in a communist country that has a questionable legal system and without an independent judiciary. How do you and your people justify taking this risk? How do you weight Chinese investments for this risk? I know some very smart business people are investiing in China, including one of my holdings, Walmart. I really question their judgement. I anticipate your answer will be to keep your investment in China low, that is, diversification. If this is the case, it will require selling off regularly if Chinese investments appreciate, correct, in order to keep your exposure low?

I have just finished reading Claus Vogt’s news letter on the “The Next Crisis in the Making”. What I think is being missed by most if not all the analysts is the political expediency that has been rolled into the monetary policy. What I mean, and what I have seen is major political parties (US Republicans… George Bush Junior) injecting money into the market (mostly through credit policies) to stimulate the economy when approaching an election. The appearance of a better economy at the time of an election bodes well for the governing party, and enhances the chance of reelection.

As I say, I do not find analysts or economist looking at the monetary policies of the government in the months prior to an election. I believe the loose money policies of the governing parties prior to elections needs to be factored into, discussed, and must be made part of any analysis of economic, fiscal, and monetary policy.

Sincerely,

Dr. Dennis Wilson

It was troubling that the Global Forum did not mention that a significant part of the Asian countries’ export market has disappeared.

The U. S. Department of Commerce has a current chart showing a significant decline
in U. S. imports. For the 2nd quarter of 2009, U. S. imports are down about 35 % year-over-year. This is a negative development for foreign stock markets, especially the Asian ones. To whom will the Asian exporters sell more of their production to make up for the lowered imports of the U. S. ?

This makes foreign investing that much more risky.

I enjoyed the global forum as much as I could for someone who doesn’t know much about finance! Since your book came out I have followed your advice and saved myself a lot of worry and have passed your info on to others. Thanks for taking the time to put this together and into a language even I could understand. Knowing more about the global economy and why all this is happening helps to make some sense of all that is going on.

Pat

Martin;
You are doing a great job in communication. I listened to the Global Forum twice. twice. Keep these transcripts available for a week or more as frequently the access is jamed from so many viewers trying to get in. All the updates and opinions are appreciated. You re doing a tremendous amount of work but know that it is all very much appreciated. Sincerely, Joan Laue

Thanks Martin and team. The forum was challenging stuff. In NZ our commodities are so linked to exchange rates that any $US fluctuations impact enormously. The decline of Europe was surprising as the affairs of finance in the US do over-shadow activity elsewhere. Actions of US administration are followed closely so commentary from your reports provides real interpretation of what is happening. The growth of China and Asia dicussed in the forum is amazing. 15 years ago woollen mills couldnt get enough $US to buy wool from us to keep operating. What a turn around which leaves me pondering how fragile that huge growth level may be.
Recent claims re commodities taking off along with gold has me puzzled. Dairying has suffered price collapse, grain is unsold, wool is rock-bottom, and meat prices though firm do fluctuate alarmingly. so I would like to see more analysis in the world food scene. Where next? Meantime sincerest thanks for your great work.

Martin, I have been impressed with nearly all your commentary over the last two years. In fact, I went heavily into cash in March last year when our market was tanking as much as anywhere else. So, your latest moves to get a handle on the market are a welcome change to your previously extremely bearish stance on the world markets.
As an Australian I have viewed my investments in a slightly different perspective. Our market seems to have held up well especially recently. As a result of our location, we are also slightly bullish on Asia and I have invested in the BRIC block. So your recent commentary on Asia were some comfort. My main concern is that I cannot take advantage of your various investment offers, as it very very expensive (in terms of brokerage fees) to invest directly in the US and other overseas markets and we do not have acces to short selling the ETF’s as you often recommend. Is there a way to work through your organisation to do this?
Best, John Baines

Thanks for int’l forum update. As usual you have provided up to the moment news with great specificity, which is almost always ahead of most other fianancial folks.

From the Global Forum, I can see what is happening to the U.S. and European economies as contrasted to those of China, India, Russia, South Korea. The U.S. and European economies are going into devolution while the eastern economies are moving into evolution. The eastern countries are growing and the western countries are stagnating.

We should be buying eastern countries in the domestic sectors like health care, education, railways, communications., and also buying into commodities that are being to the east.

Although not resident in the US, but in the middle of the Irish Sea namely the Isle of Man, I played the whole of the conference through twice, and found it most thought-provoking and extremely useful. There is no doubt that the UK (from which in this small island we are not nearly as independent as many of us would wish), due to 12 years of really wasteful, incompetent and destructive government, is now in an even bigger economic mess than the US or indeed than anywhere in the Western World, for proportionately its very badly managed banks now totter along under three times the level of bad debt mortgages than your banks in the US have, so your combined ideas for future investment are more than welcome.

Very best wishes, and “more power to your elbow”!

Mike Bourne

This was the 3rd 1 hour broadcast of yours that I have tuned into. They are really great, very informative and thought provoking. As a UK based investor it is rare that I can invest in the ETFs and stock you recommend, nevertheless your thought provoking assesments help me formulate similar strategies utilising funds, ETFs and stock easily available in the UK.

Mr. Weiss, The global forum was very informative and really helps to understand the world financial crisis we are in. Thanks very much. Al

I very much appreciate both Money and Markets, and the Global Forum, for giving me an understanding of what is going on in the financial world, without going above my head. Martin seems to be genuinely concerned for the welfare of the average investor. Honesty and sincerity are so welcomed in a world in which you don’t know who to believe, as so many are putting self interest before truth and the welfare of the client. As a Foundation Member, and a Canadian, I am wondering if we will be getting direction as to what to buy in order to take advantage of world trends, as well as Canadian opportunities. Thank you, Martin, for wanting feedback. I do hope the Foundation Alliance will prove to be something I can enjoy the benefits of, such that I can continue to invest. God bless.

Hi Martin -
Enjoyed the presentation, best I have seen so far!….wondering if you could elaborate more on the “recovery signs” mainstream is reporting. Feel like we are getting information from parallel universes: 1 group seeing signs of recovery under every rock, and the other group is saying the worst is yet to come here and in Europe. Another option (or threat) heard is: “just wait until 2010 & 2011″…No question Asia in general and the Far East appear to be moving ahead just fine but how do you account for so many factories closing, widespread pollution, and graft? Won’t these governments need to pay the piper sooner or later?

Martin,
God bless you and your (very astute) staff. I treasure every morsel of information you and your staff impart. Your information makes so much sense, and it all adds up to comfort, and confidence in my decision making during these quite volatile times.
I’m very grateful;
Jack Huffman

Mr. Weiss: I’m a novice at this game and am learning through your newsletters which I appreciate. I’m loaded with all this information of where to put the money but my question is how do I get it there into the stocks recommended in your newsletters? Appreciate some help on HOW to invest in these recommended stocks without having to pay an arm and leg, and who do you trust?

Thank you for the info,
Haz

Martin,
Heartfelt thanks to you for offering this Global forum video to us. It has opened my eyes and ears to the new shift of economic power from West to East. No longer will I wring my hands about what happened to the 401K, nor worry what to do… I can use what’s left of it to begin a new strategy for rebuilding the way it should be…and even better! You’ve brought new insight and inspiration with this video–I’m grateful to all of your panel experts and to you for this Forum’s clear explanations of why the shift of power is headed East…and how investors can benefit by knowing what to expect and specifically where to look into growth opportunities. Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Carol Hook

It is my understanding that Japan has stimulated its economy for twenty years without growth being the result, and inflation has not arisen. What makes you think we won’t be like Japan?

Your Weiss Global Forum was absolutely incredible.

Will you please consider making it available again as I was only able to view on the final night of the Sunday August 23rd. This is so powerful that I want to share with many that didn’t get the same opportunity.

Thanks so much.

good Morning Mr. Weiss and team. I am a novice to fiancial newsletters blogs etc…I am not a novice to investing. I find your group and the contents of their messages the best that I have read online as well as in print. i am a member of the United merchant Marine and travle globally for my profession. I have a global mindset. I think as you and your fellow contribitors do. I read your latest book and it is well written as well. thanks again for all the good work! Regards, Michael Carello

Are ETF’s completely safe? I have used them as a trading vehicle for a few years, now. But only for short term trades. Can you have someone look into the “strength” or safety of them and which ones are the best.

Thanks again.
Paula

Your Global Forum was outstanding! I am retired and not an active investor but have funds managed by a firm with a good track record investing in mutual funds until 2008. I watched some foreign investments go down 40% and no one knew where the bottom was. My only alternative at age 81 was to sell and reinvest in CD’s. At my age buy and hold because in 7- 10 years the market will come back, etc., etc. is of no consequence.
That’s when I bought “The ULTIMATE DEPRESSION GUIDE” and you opened my eyes.
I wish I had known you much earlier. (I’m sure that hgas a familiar ring to you).

I really don’t know enough to participate in this, but I’m just hoping to follow the leader with a small part of my investment funds, and hopefully not lose too much in learning, maybe actually make some! It’s for sure and certain things are spiraling downward in the financial world, most places. As to the Forums, I feel they are great, but my hearing isn’t very good, and some of the speakers speak rather fast and for that reason I’m unable to make out lots of what’s said, unfortunately, and I’ve been wanting to say I surely would like a printout of what was said at these occasions. or I won’t know, even though I listen. I may add that my Dad was a banker for fifty years, and an honest one, too, with integrity…and I’m just glad he didn’t live to see what’s happened in banking.

Hi,

I just read the Ultimate Depression Survival Guide. It’s an awesome work. Thanks!

I’m curious though, if things get as bad as they’re predicted to get, what are the chances that we’ll have access to viable ISP services? If the ISPs go down (because so few people have access to the money required to make their monthly payments), how do we get our subscription e-mails or access to our brokers to take action on the opportunities in those communications?

Is there a premium /commercial-grade ISP service that’s more likely to still be viable in such a situation?

I believe this to be an issue that’s extremely relevant to all of your subscribers.

Thanks,

— G

Martin what is going on?? It seems you guys are missing most of the inportabt moves at the moment? Regards Gerrit

Hi Martin,

I am a new subscriber after reading your book. My first move was to move all of my IRA money out of stocks into the mutual funds money market fund…..my next move would be to move that money into a Money Market Fund investing in Short-Term U.S. Treasury Securities or Equivalent. The family fo funds I am invested in currently (Alliance Bernstein) does not have one. Here is a problem I am encountering. Each time I check on one of these funds I am told that they are “closed” to new investors. What would you suggest?

Dear Martin, In March 2009 I chose to follow your advice to sell at any small rise in the markets because you were certain the markets would go lower - ie dow 4500. Since my untimely selling in march 2009 all of the stocks I sold are now up from 400% to 1200% in the last 6 months. I have missed out on probably the greatest rallye in American History and about 5 million in gains if I just rode it out, but instead I have a million in losses. What I have learned is when good companies are down 90-95% due to extreme market panic it is the time to buy, not bail out and sell. Yes the markets did rebound as past history dictates. Personally, I am as shocked as probably you are that the markets rebounded so explosively over the last 6 months. What was missed is that many companies were so ridiculously oversold that it was in fact the buying opportunity of the century. If I ever see good companies down 90-95% again I will be buying.

Martin,
I am becoming increasingly worried about this recovery and pattern being the
very same as the Great Depression. I know the government has done a number
of different things but do you believe we still may be headed for another great
depression or are we out of those woods so to speak?
What % odds will you give that we are past armeggedon?
Thanks

Martin, I have a maybe a dumb question. If the government decides to reset the value of the dollar, say 10 o 1 or whatever, what happens to my mortgage. Does it reset at 10 to 1 also?? In othe words if the government says the value of $100 goes to $10.00 and I have a mortgage of $1,000,000, then is my mortgage amount ajusted to $100,000.

Hi Martin,

I just read “Deflation to Inflation”. Have you considered the effect of the M1 multiplier going (and staying) under 1.0 for the first time since records were kept by the St. Louis Fed? Do you have an explanation for a negative money multiplier?

I have another unrelated concern regarding China. The social structure is unstable and quickly prone to violence as has been shown in certain Chinese Iron and Steel factories. It’s the same old struggle, management vs. workers but with explosive incidents already on record and this “recession” is far from over. There is major centralized planning in China, exerted by the controling Communist Party and military. This creates well know malinvestments and China is no exception. For these reasons I have been skeptical of the claims (here and elsewhere) that China will replace its’ export income with domestic sales. Likewise for the theory that China will be the engine to pull the world out of “recession”. There are many other reasons to be skeptical of Chinese investments at this time, but this is enough for now.

Thanks for all the useful information. I would like to know how your 1 Million dollar investment with Claus is doing?

On the Dollar Crashes Against the Yen, yesterday…

Martin, the problem with our economy is simple: We have the largest generation in US history–baby boomers–collecting checks, be it retirements from government service and/or SSI, or both; we have a majority of these baby boomers collecting in tandem with their parents–people are living unprecedentedly longer; we have swelling government sector employment needs–not just support and administrative, but national defense, law enforcement, local fire, sanitation, etc; but, we have only a $7 - $10 per hour tax revenue base (new money) coming from the private sector to support all this! We have what physicists would say is impossible: perpetual motion…of money: that is, the government being the largest employer of living wages collecting weekly income taxes on payrolls they’re expected to meet the following week, and add to that: simultaneous SSI entitlements for two generations of recipients! Something’s got to give, and as you reported, they’re borrowing at a staggering rate.

Trouble is, our forefathers of economic planning 30 years ago, when the ideas of offshoring the manufacturing sector (the wealth engine) came to light, set us up for this disastrous path, or pile of debt we are swimming in today. We produce very little wealth in the US today! Instead, these ingenious planners set us on a course to borrow our way from foreign sources–who manufacture the wealth. Oops, somebody forgot about the cost of money! And they also misunderstood some fundamental laws and values of money flow: like that its value can’t be created but only destroyed, and its value can only increase–intrinsically–when it transfer hands from cost of goods sold. They also forgot about the part where money, in international markets, only gains in value when it transfers hands through the sale of products from one nation to another. Or did they really forget? Perhaps they saw this coming, way back then, and they didn’t care because all they were concerned about was the greed they could conquer for a select few industries, or industrial types!

Well, Obama, Bernanke, and friends are left with the mess; and, they have a choices to make. Bolster the dollar, we drown in interest payments we can’t make! Drive the dollar in the ground, we’ll make the payments, but we swelter in wealth depravation! (Hymm–depravation, excludes some) What’s their choice?

Some choices I say they ought to make are three pivotal and revolutionary ones: tax reform, entitlement reforms, and bring back some manufacturing, or wealth…and do this in conjunction with the energy talk they walked on the campaign trail.

Essentially, reform tax code to abolish the tiered tax system. Forget the flat tax idea, that’s to lopsided and burns too many. Instead, enact an all exclusive federal sales tax–start with 5%–this should emulate states’ sales tax codes. That’s smart taxation! That’s fair taxation for everybody, regardless of financial stature! And we’ll rake in more money then we’ll know what to do with, simply because we’ll start collecting from people who don’t ordinary pay income tax the traditional way.

Reform the entitlement process to a “one-time government donation” for each category where we now have an honored entitlement. For example, SSI retirement: the way this would work is the government makes a one-time deposit of, say, $50K into a high-yeild (FDIC or similar) savings account for each an every US citizen (key word), say at birth; this account should be controlled by a committee of federal government, state government, and private interest, with overriding rights by the individual. This committee should function in the spirit of one objective–foster and increase the size of this account! This $50K, or principle, is never to be touched, one can add his/her own cash to it (over a life time), but only its interest is divvied out once the individual reaches a predetermined age–62; and, when this individual should pass, before or after, that predetermined age, only his/her own added cash is inheritable–the original seed money ($50K) is return to the general fund where it is disbursed to another newborn. And if anybody says: that sounds nice, where’s the money coming from? My answer is the IRAQ war! Bush borrowed 10Bil a month…surely, Obama, Bernanke, and friends can secure the funding to seed this endowment! After all, the key word here is “seed money”, because once this idea is started, it’ll steamroll thru time on its own without costing no more than administrative cost associated with counting people’s money and sending interest checks out to people who hit the “predetermined” age. And the unused accrued interest alone from the seed money, postmortem, will take care of that cost!

Manufacturing: gradually…bring some of it back! At the very least, start with the textile and shoe sectors. These sectors are very versatile, low wage (but new wealth oriented money), virtually environmentally safe, and a perfect fit for big cities–and local smart growth initiatives. These sectors can provide jobs that will easily compete for labor with illegal drug cartels, reduce hideous urban crime, and definitely put a dent in our overall trade deficit. (Once upon a time the US sold a lot of shoes and clothing to overseas concerns; now, we don’t sell, we buy. In fact, we buy our own–look at the labels and where it made–and foreigners flourish in our cash! Twisted Economics!)

Dear Martin
Many years ago you endorsed the Prechter book “Conquer the Crash”. I use their theory to do very well, thankyou very much, with my investments. I have absolutely no doubt that they have picked the next collapse phase in the Stock Markets and everything else, except for the USD. This is the same as they have consistently done for years. Your scenario of a destroyed USD is probably correct; you are just two years or so early. What concerns me is that you will lead people into the wrong decision at this time. Please take a look at the Ellitt Wave Forecast and be very careful before you take your next step. Of course, the dollar has been a basket case since March as the markets rallied, but right now the markets have gone ito to full reverse and they and the Euro will collpase, exactly opposite to what you and the rest of the world are predicting. A huge Wave 3 down started on 23 Sep and will destroy much in its path, but NOT the USD which is still the safe haven, despite its being unloved AT THE MOMENT. This chatter by all and sundry about the demise of the USD will quickly fade away in a month or two.

Keep smiling
Andrew

“We have lost our country without firing a bullet in defense.”

The lemmings have fallen into the sea and they are all blind to the circling sharks, willy nilly calling “swim with us and you’ll be safe”.

These are totally intentional moves directed by the Chinese (buying our debt and giving us (fat, undisciplined Americans a false sense of security). The Chinese have utter contempted for our society. Obama and the media are simply cast members.

Dr. Martin,

I currently subscribe to three Weiss services. I remember well how your Father shook up the insurance industry with Weiss independent ratings. So I an on-board with much of your thinking. Except:

Continually you and your team are talking about the possibility of foreign lenders refusing to lend to the U.S. anymore. You know that for decades Japan pursued a strategy of shipping us Toyota cars and we shipped them Treasury Bonds and the like. Why did they take long-term paper in exchange for real goods? The had to keep the Yen from growing too strong with respect to the Dollar. About two decades ago this broke down. They lost 40% in yen-terms on their U.S.-Bond portfolio. But guess what, they are to this day buying huge amounts of U.S. Bonds. Enter China.They have been doing exactly what the Japanese did and their day of reckoning may be approaching.

So are these folks going to stop buying U.S. Bonds and price themselves out of their largest export market? I don’t think so. Maybe they can grow their domestic markets enough so they don’t need to export. If they succeed, we will be buying less from them and issuing less paper to them.

The situation is complex and dynamic.

What are your thoughts on my argument?

Keep up the good work.

Martin Schrage

I watched your video CD sent to me saying sell everything and hold cash for the impending deflation caused by high interest rates on treasury bills which will happen due to the falling dollar

Today I watched the video of you querying Larry Edelson in which he says buy resource and resource-dependent assets like gold mining stocks to capitalize on the dollar bear market expected to last until 2012.

Are you now changing your original advice given in your CD to immediately cash in all assets and wait for the ipending major deflation in which there will be bargains galore to Larry’s strategy to cash all dollar-dependent assets and invest in resource-dependent assets and BRIC stocks until the ultimate end of the dollar crash (when presumably the U.S. Treasury will begin to offer much higher interest rates? Or is your original advice to be postponed until the dollare demise runs its course, and if so when will that end occur? Or will the Fed just go in effect until it is bankrupt because the dollar value will fall faster than it can create dollars because no one will want dollars anymore?

Also with the dollar rapidly falling, what will happen to U.S. real estate prices? Real estate is a hard commodity like gold — you can’t create it with printing presses or banking computers. It’s a necessity. People need shelter to live. Larry is for food commodity investment. But he says nothing about real estate. Why?

Seems to me that they’re going to keep rigging this market with their automated trades and Fed bailout money. No way does it reflect the real economic situation. BUT that doesn’t matter…they rig, and that becomes the reality. And so we get wiped out on these inverse ETFs we picked up on the last time the sky was falling because the market rigging can go on indefinitely. Great…

Too many people too deep in greenbacks to bail out. Green back goes, they go, and they know it. And if they really want to play hardball, the US Navy touches off a tanker war in the P. Gulf, blame it on Iran and it’s game over for Asia (whom we also feed, by the way). They’ll keep Americans in check with sophisticated agit-prop against an external foe and enough food handouts to keep them from open rebellion (and the current Prez was the perfect pick for talking people out of burning the inner cities…precisely why he was chosen).

Asia, the Saudis, Russia…they are all very aware of this.

Nothing short of external catastrophe (a la asteroid strike, a real plague or an EMP weapon) is going to dislodge these players in DC and at Goldman, so get ready for 14k again. (if you have anything left after losing it all on inverse ETFs)

My opinion, having watched your latest CRISIS report and Forum is this: From the very beginning after the COLLAPSE of the Banking and large portions of the Economy around October of 2008 ( or at least the part that was released to the Public) I believed that there was more to the cause of it besides just giving out Mortgage Loans to people who couldn’t pay them back.This was part of it. Of course they can’t punish these people because the Federal government was giving out the lending guidelines.
Why was this however??? Was it to justify the deregulating for whoever was supposed to benefit from it? Was it a preplanned EVENT???

Also, at the same time as that this was going on based on my EXPERIENCES in another field, I also believe there was other WHITE COLLAR CRIME going on AT THE SAME TIME.All of this, in my Opinion contributed to the DISASTER. I don’t know as I believe you don’t either, if the country can recover from so much collapse.
Please keep sending me these informative updates on the STATE of THE ECONOMY.

Mary E. Bender

Now that GM has a hydrogen cell car, the Equinox, we should improve on it’s weaknesses.
1. It only gets 168 miles between fuelings. Hydrogen has more latent energy than gasoline. All we need is a larger fuel cell to get 800 miles between fueling. (No fooling)

2. The way we propagate hydrogen that has an energy penalty and leaves a carbon footprint must be replaced by a sea powered generator that uses the energy from the rocking
motion of sea waves to generate DC current and hence to electrolize sea`water into hydrogen at near zero cost with only a kiss of oxygen as the other efluvium. The D.O.E. already has the plans (see Rick Farmer) and I have the working prototype,
3. We need Congress to subsidize implementation and construction or conversion of filling stations.
4. We need to let the president know that this is available at no cost because in time it will pay for itself while providing millions of jobs and really lower emissions. Too bad about the oil cartel. They will have to drink their oil.