by irdadmin | Apr 15, 2023 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Most people mistake rising prices for inflation. Inflation occurs when a Central Bank creates money at a rate in excess of the rate of wealth creation that theoretically “backs” the additional currency. Simply stated, the ratio of additional money supply...
by irdadmin | Apr 11, 2023 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The banking crisis is just starting. The implosion of the fraud-riddled FTX and the counterparty collateral damage that occurred was an early warning sign. But it is a glimpse of the malinvestment, accompanied by fraud and corruption, enabled by the nearly $9 trillion...
by irdadmin | Apr 7, 2023 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Back in January, John Titus warned that we were in the midst of a banking crisis. And sure enough, just over a month later, the evidence of the crisis emerged with the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. I invited John back on to my bi-weekly...
by irdadmin | Mar 17, 2023 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
The Fed and U.S. Treasury have made to decision to back-stop depositors at U.S. banks – a liability that could potentially hit $2 trillion. More interestingly, there must be a considerable amount of counter-party default risk embedded in the banking system...
by irdadmin | Mar 9, 2023 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, U.S. Economy
The following commentary is from the March 5th issue of the Short Seller’s Journal. Follow this link to learn more about this newsletter: Short Seller’s Journal info. The U.S. housing market is currently the least affordable in at least 25 years:...
by irdadmin | Feb 27, 2023 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The following analysis is an excerpt from the February 26th issue of the Short Seller’s Journal: Wayfair reported its Q4 and year-end numbers last week. They were a complete disaster for the Company. Revenues declined 4.6% YoY in Q4. The Company’s...
