by irdadmin | Dec 30, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
A guest post from Stewart Dougherty. Stewart included some thoughts in his email to me that I thought should be shared as a preface to his essay: ——————– Hi Dave: Some pretty heady stuff, particularly the part about the...
by irdadmin | Dec 29, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
The prediction I presented in the last Mining Stock Journal to subscribers about gold is developing even before the new year. Although it seems like the precious metals sector has experienced another down year, the HUI index is still up 48.6% from its 12/31/15 close...
by irdadmin | Dec 26, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Wall Street’s best contrarian indicator has spoken. Jim Cramer issued a strong buy on the Dow last Wednesday. He references the “generals” that are “leading the charge” higher in the stock market. He sees no end in sight to current move in market leaders....
by irdadmin | Dec 22, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation
When gold is accepted as the medium of exchange by most or all nations, an unhampered free international gold standard serves to foster a world-wide division of labor and the broadest international trade. Even though the units of exchange (the dollar, the pound, the...
by irdadmin | Dec 21, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I’m going to have to throw a flag on the existing home sales report for November published today by the National Association of Realtors. The NAR would have us believe that home sales occurred in November at 5.6mm annualized rate for the month, up 15.4% from...
