by irdadmin | Jul 29, 2019 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
In last week’s earnings release, Elon Musk made the claim in the headline release that Tesla generated $614 million of “free cash flow,” which he defined as “operating cash flow less capex.” Additionally, in the 2nd paragraph of the...
by irdadmin | Jul 25, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Currently gold and silver are behaving in a way that I have not seen since late 2008. The gold open interest on the Comex is near a record high (657,776 on July 11, 2016). The Comex banks continue pile into the short side while the hedge funds pile into the long side....
by irdadmin | Jul 24, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Texas Instruments reported its Q2 yesterday after the close. Revenues were down 9% YoY for Q2 and management forecast an 11% decline for Q3. The stock market rewarded this fundamental deterioration in TXN’s business model by adding nearly $8 billion to...
by irdadmin | Jul 22, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“Tesla’s headed for bankruptcy. It’s got a flawed business model; costs are way too high for the price charged for the vehicles and its riddled with accounting fraud. But the regulators will look the other way until it’s too late.” Silver...
by irdadmin | Jul 18, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
My friend and colleague, Chris Powell, Treasurer of GATA, wrote a compelling essay on Modern Monetary Theory. MMT has been in operation by the western Central Banks since Bretton Woods. The “QE” program that began in 2008 is the most recent and blatant...
