by Dave Kranzler | Dec 16, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
According to the latest Treasury International Capital report (for October), China unloaded nearly $42 billion in Treasuries in October. In the last 12 months, China has unloaded nearly $150 billion in Treasuries, equivalent to more than one month’s worth of new...
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 14, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
That popping sound you just heard is the Fed popping the housing bubble. The housing bubble that it inflated with ZIRP and zero-bound credit requirements to qualify for a mortgage. But first, let’s get this out of the way: Goldman’s Jan Hatzius...
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 14, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The yield on the 10-yr Treasury has blown out 109 basis points since July 3rd – 70 basis points since October 30th. 30yr fixed rate mortgage rates for 20% down payment buyers with a credit score of at least 720 are up 90 basis points since October 1st....
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 13, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I was chatting with a good friend who works at a pension fund. He said that pensions are historically overweighted in stocks right now. But it looks like the latest push higher in the stock market is coming from hedge funds, who apparently missed a large portion of...
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 12, 2016 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation
The Fake News conspiracy is starting to lose steam. It’s time to bury it completely. But this won’t happen because the “Fake News” narrative is another propaganda tool that is being used to distract the public’s attention from a...
