by irdadmin | Apr 15, 2023 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Most people mistake rising prices for inflation. Inflation occurs when a Central Bank creates money at a rate in excess of the rate of wealth creation that theoretically “backs” the additional currency. Simply stated, the ratio of additional money supply...
by irdadmin | Dec 7, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
I wrote the following commentary/analysis for Kinesis Money’s Blog: With inflation raging and the price of gold seemingly not keeping pace with rising rates, articles suggesting that gold is no longer a valid hedge against inflation or preservation of wealth...
by irdadmin | Sep 6, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
There’s an egregious misperception that QE is merely an “asset swap” with banks that simply creates reserves – that the Fed is not printing money with its QE operations. This view is seeded in ignorance about the monetary system as operated by...
by irdadmin | Aug 4, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“[T]he Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 percent and anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate. In addition, the Committee will continue reducing its holdings of Treasury...
by irdadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I wrote the following commentary on the precious metals market for Kinesis Money: With all of the factors in place to support a big move higher in the precious metals sector (raging inflation, escalating geopolitical tensions, recessionary economy, etc), the recent...