by irdadmin | Aug 26, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Does anyone seriously believe that in the next global recession equity markets will not collapse? Do market participants really believe fiscal stimulus and helicopter money will save us from a gut-wrenching global bust that will make 2008 look like a picnic? Has the...
by irdadmin | Aug 22, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Bullion Star released a graph Tuesday that showed Switzerland exported 90 tonnes of gold to the London gold market (U.K.) in July, which dwarfed exports to India and China. Bloomberg’s spin on the data was that the gold was needed for ETFs. Of course, as is...
by irdadmin | Aug 19, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Thomas Gresham observed in the 1500’s that “bad money drives out good.” The concept applied to gold and silver coins and the value of precious metals metals used in the coins relative to their face value. Back then silver coins would be debased by...
by irdadmin | Aug 13, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The price of gold continues to hold up under the enormous selling in the paper derivatives markets on the Comex and LBMA. This morning’s price attack is a good example: The chart above shows December paper gold in 5 minute intervals. Typically the price of gold...
by irdadmin | Aug 9, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
For the majority of the last 20 years, the western Central Banks, under the direction of the BIS, have been able to use the precious metals derivatives markets to “manage” the price of gold. As long as counterparties who are “synthetically”...
by irdadmin | Aug 7, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The global economy is headed uncontrollably toward the proverbial cliff. Although the Central Banks will once again attempt to defer this reality with more money printing and currency devaluation, systemic collapse is fait accompli. Gold and silver are behaving in a...
