by irdadmin | Feb 27, 2024 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The following commentary is the opening salvo to my latest bear newsletter. In the last issue I updated my work on $NVDA and $TSLA plus two homebuilder stocks and I reviewed $CVNA’s earnings. You learn more about it here: Short Seller’s Journal The...
by irdadmin | Feb 20, 2024 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Calpers – the California Public Employee Retirement System pension fund has borrowed 8% of its assets in order to load up on risky stocks. From the Financial Times: “Calpers, the largest pension plan in the US with $452bn in assets, had total fund leverage...
by irdadmin | Feb 13, 2024 | Financial Markets, Gold, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Tom Bodrovics invited me on his Palisades Gold Radio podcast to discuss a wide range of tops, most notably the Tucker Carlson interview of Putin, the reflated stock bubble, the existential build-up of debt in the U.S. and mining stocks. Share...
by irdadmin | Feb 5, 2024 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I didn’t watch Jay Powell on “60 Minutes” because I knew it would mainstream media sugar-coated drivel wrapped around propaganda as the obsequious 60 Minutes anchor tossed J-Pow meatball questions. But I did learn that Powell asserted that it is...
by irdadmin | Feb 2, 2024 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“The Fed knows it can’t risk cuting rates right now [despite obvious signs of a very weak economy] or he risks the dollar falling off a cliff.” The FOMC meeting and Policy Statement release is a big event in the financial markets. Every word in that...