{"id":15859,"date":"2016-01-01T15:43:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T20:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15859"},"modified":"2016-01-01T15:43:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T20:43:05","slug":"2016-the-big-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15859","title":{"rendered":"2016 \u2013 the BIG SHIFT"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/archives\/41288\" target=\"_blank\">2016 \u2013 the BIG SHIFT<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2015\/12\/2016-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41283\" src=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2015\/12\/2016-1.jpg\" alt=\"2016-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As we close 2015 and begin a new year, the markets generally closed flat to neutral with a warning that as we approach the political year from hell being 2017, this is by no means going to be a walk through the park. We are more likely than not going to see some trends conclude in 2016 and others perform a\u00a0<strong>false move<\/strong>\u00a0the scare the hell out of everyone. Nevertheless, the stars may not be aligning, but the markets appear to be setting the stage to align for the\u00a0<strong>BIG SHIFT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Money-Assets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.armstrongeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/368x203xMoney-Assets.jpg.pagespeed.ic.rf7_ixf3Oz.jpg\" alt=\"Money-Assets\" width=\"368\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What does the\u00a0<strong>BIG SHIFT<\/strong>\u00a0mean? It means that as we face a meltdown in Socialism which has taken hold of Western Governments destroying our underlying democratic foundations,\u00a0<strong>ALL<\/strong>\u00a0assets must prepare for the\u00a0<strong>HEDGE<\/strong>\u00a0against government.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2016\/01\/Big-Shift-1975-1982.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41300\" src=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2016\/01\/Big-Shift-1975-1982.jpg\" alt=\"Big Shift 1975-1982\" width=\"753\" height=\"1949\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Relationships are\u00a0<strong>NEVER<\/strong>\u00a0constant, yet the TV analysis touts fixed concepts that people then believe. At first, many will buy or sell based upon such unfounded beliefs and assumptions. When we examine them in detail, they fall to the ground into dust.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2016\/01\/Troika-Unelected.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41301\" src=\"http:\/\/armstrongeconomics-wp.s3.amazonaws.com\/2016\/01\/Troika-Unelected.jpg\" alt=\"Troika-Unelected\" width=\"717\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Europe is operating under a dictatorship and has lost any possible right to exercise a democratic process to remove the three members of the\u00a0<strong>Troika<\/strong>\u00a0since not a single one stands for any election. Lagarde is of the IMF and is not even appointed the head of the IMF exclusively by Europeans. She was a personal friend of Obama. Draghi is ex-Goldman Sachs. Once a member of Goldman, you never leave. The EU Parliament has no validity since the Commission is not bound by their vote. The people of European nations have absolutely no means to reclaim their sovereignty by any method other than force. And to prevent that, the EU Commission wants to create its own army.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2016 \u2013 the BIG SHIFT As we close 2015 and begin a new year, the markets generally closed flat to neutral with a warning that as we approach the political year from hell being 2017, this is by no means going to be a walk through the park. 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