by Dave Kranzler | Mar 3, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
“The monetary authorities running the paper-money schemes of the present are anxious to forestall significant rises in the paper price of gold, because such rises would diminish confidence in the lasting value of the paper money in use today.” – Hugo...
by Dave Kranzler | Mar 1, 2019 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Elon Musk a has long track record of being long on promises and short on deliveries – literally and figuratively. His motive, as has been self-professed repeatedly on Twitter, is to torment short-sellers by driving the stock higher with fraudulent tweets. But...
by Dave Kranzler | Feb 26, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I don’t know if it was the intent of the Fed, but Jerome Powell has managed to trigger a rush into stocks more frenzied than the one that engulfed the last days of the dot.com/techbubble. The vertical ascent since Christmas in the Dow/SPX is unprecedented on a...
by Dave Kranzler | Feb 23, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Tesla continues to head south since hitting its post-earnings high of $321. It’s down nearly $100 from the $380 post “funding secured” tweet all-time high close on August 7th. The stock has diverged negatively from the SPX since mid-January. By all...
by Dave Kranzler | Feb 20, 2019 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
At 5:15 p.m. on February 19th, Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla would produce 500,000 cars on 2019. The headline hit news terminals globally. The stock jumped over $1 in after hours trading. Four hours later Musk tweeted that he meant Tesla would be producing cars at an...
by Dave Kranzler | Feb 18, 2019 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
On January 31st, Amazon reported an expected “beat” for Q4 revenue and net income. After the headline report hit the tape, the stock soared $59 to $1777 from the closing price ($1718) minutes earlier. But then the stock began plunging. It closed the...
