{"id":568367,"date":"2010-05-18T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/martin-armstrong-the-flash-crash-was-a-waterfall-event-like-the-one-that-preceeded-the-fall-of-rome-2010-5"},"modified":"2010-05-18T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T14:07:00","slug":"martin-armstrong-the-flash-crash-was-a-waterfall-event-like-the-one-that-preceded-the-fall-of-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/568367","title":{"rendered":"Martin Armstrong: The &#8220;Flash Crash&#8221; Was A WATERFALL Event Like The One That Preceded The Fall Of Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4ba4c5167f8b9a6254be0800-306-224\/martin-armstrong-in-jail.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Martin Armstrong in Jail\" width=\"306\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The famous market philosopher Martin Armstrong, who is currently in prison in Ft. Dix New Jersey, has turned his attention to the &#8220;Flash Crash&#8221; of May 6, which he sees as a profound event.<\/p>\n<p>He describes the event as a waterfall &#8212; the opposite of a blowoff bubble top &#8212; that presages the start of a profound shift in the world economy.<\/p>\n<p>He calls the &#8220;fat finger&#8221; or glitch theories nonsense, saying it&#8217;s all about Greece, and the global debt crisis.<\/p>\n<h2>This is what a market &#8220;waterfall&#8221; looks like.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bf29c627f8b9a242e040000-400-300\/this-is-what-a-market-waterfall-looks-like.jpg\" alt=\"This is what a market &quot;waterfall&quot; looks like.\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: MartinArmstrong.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinarmstrong.org\/files\/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf\"><em>Source: Martinarmstrong.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>The pundits got it all wrong, thinking that this is somehow an unusual fat finger error.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bf29c607f8b9a8949070000-400-300\/the-pundits-got-it-all-wrong-thinking-that-this-is-somehow-an-unusual-fat-finger-error.jpg\" alt=\"The pundits got it all wrong, thinking that this is somehow an unusual fat finger error.\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: MartinArmstrong.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinarmstrong.org\/files\/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf\"><em>Source: Martinarmstrong.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Waterfalls have been with us through the ages. The collapse of Roman Silver occurred before the collapse fo the Roman empire<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bf29c5f7f8b9a7a0a060000-400-300\/waterfalls-have-been-with-us-through-the-ages-the-collapse-of-roman-silver-occurred-before-the-collapse-fo-the-roman-empire.jpg\" alt=\"Waterfalls have been with us through the ages. The collapse of Roman Silver occurred before the collapse fo the Roman empire\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: MartinArmstrong.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinarmstrong.org\/files\/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf\"><em>Source: Martinarmstrong.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>This is a distinctly different pattern than other major peaks (such as the blowoff peak in Gold or the Nikkei)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bf29c5c7f8b9afd48a50000-400-300\/this-is-a-distinctly-different-pattern-than-other-major-peaks-such-as-the-blowoff-peak-in-gold-or-the-nikkei.jpg\" alt=\"This is a distinctly different pattern than other major peaks (such as the blowoff peak in Gold or the Nikkei)\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: MartinArmstrong.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinarmstrong.org\/files\/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf\"><em>Source: Martinarmstrong.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>The WATERFALL is far more devastating<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bf29c5c7f8b9a512e0a0000-400-300\/the-waterfall-is-far-more-devastating.jpg\" alt=\"The WATERFALL is far more devastating\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: MartinArmstrong.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinarmstrong.org\/files\/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf\"><em>Source: Martinarmstrong.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>The cause of the crisis: Greece.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bf29c5b7f8b9afe09470000-400-300\/the-cause-of-the-crisis-greece.jpg\" alt=\"The cause of the crisis: Greece.\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: MartinArmstrong.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinarmstrong.org\/files\/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf\"><em>Source: Martinarmstrong.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>And DEBT!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bf29c5a7f8b9a522e080000-400-300\/and-debt.jpg\" alt=\"And DEBT!\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: MartinArmstrong.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinarmstrong.org\/files\/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf\"><em>Source: Martinarmstrong.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>This is not about the world coming to an end, as other doomsayers say.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bf29c587f8b9a412e040000-400-300\/this-is-not-about-the-world-coming-to-an-end-as-other-doomsayers-say.jpg\" alt=\"This is not about the world coming to an end, as other doomsayers say.\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: MartinArmstrong.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinarmstrong.org\/files\/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf\"><em>Source: Martinarmstrong.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>And after capital rushes to America, it will rush out, leaving us in crisis.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4bf29c5a7f8b9a0a2e170000-400-300\/and-after-capital-rushes-to-america-it-will-rush-out-leaving-us-in-crisis.jpg\" alt=\"And after capital rushes to America, it will rush out, leaving us in crisis.\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image: MartinArmstrong.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinarmstrong.org\/files\/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf\"><em>Source: Martinarmstrong.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Read the whole report<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-container slide-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b471b3700000000008349d0-400-300\/read-the-whole-report.jpg\" alt=\"Read the whole report\" border=\"0\" class=\"slide-image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinarmstrong.org\/files\/Closing-at-10520-32-Down-3-2-5-14-10.pdf\">At MartinArmstrong.org&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/martin-armstrong-the-flash-crash-was-a-waterfall-event-like-the-one-that-preceeded-the-fall-of-rome-2010-5#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheMoneyGame\/~4\/_TRXGB6Ogs8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The famous market philosopher Martin Armstrong, who is currently in prison in Ft. Dix New Jersey, has turned his attention to the &#8220;Flash Crash&#8221; of May 6, which he sees as a profound event. 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