# Is Martin Armstrong a fraud/conspiracy theorist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 21, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-martin-armstrong-a-fraud-conspiracy-theorist/661547 "2013-06-21T10:25:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-martin-armstrong-a-fraud-conspiracy-theorist/661547/42 "2018-08-03T11:37:09Z")
Circa 2014… > [@Chronos](#): > > OK, so he predicted that Russia would be a problem in the Middle East, not in the West or in Asia. Ukraine is not, so far as I can tell, anywhere near the Middle East. Thus, his prediction is wrong. This is why I try to stay out of the prognostication business. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-martin-armstrong-a-fraud-conspiracy-theorist/661547/43 "2018-08-03T11:52:28Z")
> [@Alba](#): > > Is Martin Armstrong a fraud/conspiracy theorist? Yes. Well that was easy. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-martin-armstrong-a-fraud-conspiracy-theorist/661547/44 "2018-08-05T19:48:49Z")
> [@Lookjn](#): > > I dont believe in computer modeling, especially about it being able to tell the future …as in climate science there are to many factors especially unknown factors …to be able to tell the future . > Further I do not like Armstrongs writing …my bullshit meter is continually going off as I read his stuf …the logic is not there . > I think Armstrong some kind of disjnformation guy…he talks some truth znd some bs Welcome to the StraightDope. It appears you have reawakened a four year old post to add your expert opinion to voices already having said pretty much the same, except for the non sequitur about climate science. We generally try to avoid dragging up old threads unless we can contribute something new, so maybe you could tell us a little about why your opinion should be given weight here? ---
**Author:** ![I-0m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5fc32e/32.png) [@I-0m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I-0m)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-martin-armstrong-a-fraud-conspiracy-theorist/661547/45 "2018-08-07T07:47:24Z")
I did attend Martin Armstrong conference couple years ago and believe me it’s a complete scam. For 2 days he is going to repeat what you can read on his blog. Coming to commenting his forecast array, someone else came in to talk about it, without giving any understanding clue to read it. His pretended AI system is a complete scam, giving obfuscated informations making it useless. I did buy some reports too after hundreds of pages of history in the last 3!pages finally some forecast written in a way that whatever append in the future he will be able to proclaim «I did tell you» Half of the answered questions in his blog are fabricated to make him appearing a true genius. He is able to twist any fact to make them fitting to his ECM. He is brilliant to mix lies with accurate economics facts to seems honest. For more than 5 years now he keeps saying that he will open his AI forecast system to everyone next month. Which has never append yet. Read at insight about economy but for your own sake stay away of his forcasts. He is unfortunately bias by anger toward the system and looking for fame. If you dare question him, he will insult and call you stupid you as an answer. My experience of MA. ---
**Author:** ![I-0m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5fc32e/32.png) [@I-0m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I-0m)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-martin-armstrong-a-fraud-conspiracy-theorist/661547/46 "2018-08-07T17:12:56Z")
Even a broken watch still give the right time twice a day ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-martin-armstrong-a-fraud-conspiracy-theorist/661547/47 "2018-08-07T17:40:07Z")
> [@I-0m](#): > > Even a broken watch still give the right time twice a day Not if the hour hand is straight up and the minute hand is straight down-12:30 o’clock happens zero times a day. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-martin-armstrong-a-fraud-conspiracy-theorist/661547/48 "2018-08-07T21:42:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Not if the hour hand is straight up and the minute hand is straight down-12:30 o’clock happens zero times a day. Just wear it upside-down. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-martin-armstrong-a-fraud-conspiracy-theorist/661547/49 "2018-08-08T00:10:59Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > Just wear it upside-down. 30:12 o’clock never happens either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-martin-armstrong-a-fraud-conspiracy-theorist/661547.md?page=2)