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...
by irdadmin | Feb 18, 2023 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I believe the current bear market, which started in early 2022, has at least another year left before it bottoms. Regardless of the time frame, I think the current bear market will take the SPX down to the mid-2000’s (it’s currently at 4,090) and the...
by irdadmin | Feb 16, 2023 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
This video builds on and extends the explosive (but largely overlooked AFAIK) analysis done by Chris Whalen, “Is JPMorgan Chase Insolvent?” While Whalen is imo the best independent bank analyst in the business, he doesn’t have a crystal ball. (At least I couldn’t find...