by irdadmin | Mar 17, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I sourced the chart below from a blog called The Macro Tourist. I added the title and the two yellow trend lines. The chart shows the daily price of gold since the inception of the bull market in 2000-2001. Last Friday (March 8th) gold popped $12 +/- (depending on the...
by irdadmin | Mar 15, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
An elevated level of corporate debt, along with the high level of U.S. government debt, is likely to mean that the U.S. economy is much more interest rate sensitive than it has been historically. – Robert Kaplan, President of the Dallas Fed Fed officials always...
by irdadmin | Mar 13, 2019 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“The sovereign in the U.S. is supposed to be ‘We The People’- first three words in The Constitution. It’s not ‘We The People.’ The sovereign power of the U.S. is a criminal global banking cartel. Period. Full stop.”...
by irdadmin | Mar 12, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
James Kunstler summarized it perfectly. So rather than reinventing the wheel, here’s an excerpt from his Monday commentary: Jerome Powell [was] wheeled out on CBS’s 60 Minutes Sunday night, like a cigar store Indian at an antique fair, so vividly sculpted and...
by irdadmin | Mar 10, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Barrick Gold’s hostile takeover offer for Newmont Mining likely signals “peak gold.” Barrick claims the shareholders would benefit from over US$7 billion in NPV of “real synergies.” These “synergies” would primarily be derived...
