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To: Timber Rattler

So how’s Socrates doing?
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Well, I followed the Socrates ECM, started PMs in 2023, and am up 189 percent. …and this bull is just starting. Say all you want against Socrates, but I have done very, very well following for two decades.


30 posted on 10/16/2025 6:21:24 PM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

“Say all you want against Socrates, but I have done very, very well following for two decades.”

How did you follow “Socrates” when he was in jail?


Armstrong was indicted in 1999 and ordered by Judge Richard Owen to turn over fifteen million dollars in gold bars and antiquities bought with the fund’s money; the list included bronze helmets and a bust of Julius Caesar.[16][17] Armstrong produced some of the items but claimed the others were not in his possession; this led to several contempt of court charges brought by the SEC and the CFTC, for which he served seven years in jail until he reached a plea bargain with federal prosecutors.[18][19][20] Under the terms of the agreement, Armstrong admitted to deceiving corporate investors and improperly commingling client funds—actions that according to prosecutors resulted in commodities losses of more than seven hundred million dollars—and was sentenced to five years in prison.[21][16]

He was released from federal custody on 2 September 2011 after serving a total of eleven years behind bars.[22][23]

The case against Armstrong was finally closed in 2017, with the distribution of about $80 million to claim holders by the receiver, according to court filings.

Wiki


31 posted on 10/17/2025 8:30:56 AM PDT by TexasGator (11The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: delta7

“Say all you want against Socrates, but I have done very, very well following for two decades.”

Liar.

——— 2009 -————

He no longer talks to central bankers, or has access to his computer models—and, apparently, no one else does, either. (“The methodology has to remain a secret until I am free at last,” he wrote recently.)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/12/the-secret-cycle?utm_campaign=falcon&utm_source=facebook&mbid=social_facebook&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=tny&fbclid=IwY2xjawNfQdpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFPS1ZNUVhIUlBGcENjZXVKAR7AsXHPdOVsNrEMibmSwMd6IVOIY1LV4bugUszBaiDBeA0jcIPlLQerYUgKjg_aem_4p4Wru2J6cQr-r6Eo4wH3w


32 posted on 10/17/2025 8:41:12 AM PDT by TexasGator (11The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: delta7


Say all you want against Socrates, but I have done very, very well following for two decades.”


2015: A decade ago, Armstrong was already anticipating a gold price peak of $5,000 per ounce,

https://www.google.com/search?q=martin+armstrong+gold+%245000&oq=martin+armstrong+gold+%245000&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAtIBCTE3NTg5ajBqNKgCDrACAfEFtQNMuTkvtIY&client=tablet-android-samsung-rvo1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8


33 posted on 10/17/2025 8:51:55 AM PDT by TexasGator (11The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: delta7

Go with coins that are recognized by the general public.

Be wary.. Gold bars can be filled with lead.

https://youtu.be/FvcfYyuMDh8?si=JkftJ9IX30jPCLsI


34 posted on 10/17/2025 9:15:40 AM PDT by TexasGator (11The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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