by irdadmin | Oct 17, 2019 | Financial Markets
Last week the Fed announced that it was going to start buying $60 billion in T-Bills per month at least into Q2 2020. The Fed will also rollover the proceeds as the T-Bill’s mature. The rationale was to address the decline in the “non-reserve”...
by irdadmin | Oct 15, 2019 | Financial Markets
The stock market spiked up last week as Trump started in with his trade war optimism tweets, which excited the algos and momentum chasers. As Monday rolled around, however, it was determined that a “Phase 1” trade agreement amounted to nothing more than a...
by irdadmin | Oct 14, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) holds more than 600 tonnes of gold. A bar of gold always retains its value, crisis or no crisis. This creates a sense of security. A central bank’s gold stock is therefore regarded as a symbol of solidity Shares, bonds and...
by irdadmin | Oct 10, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – the Central Bank of Central Banks – released two reports on “unconventional policy tools” – e.g. QE/money printing and interest rate suppression. It concluded that the extreme Central Bank...
by irdadmin | Oct 7, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
On October 4th, as I expected would happen, the Fed announced that it was extending its overnight and term repo operations out to November 26th (the November 12th two-week term repo matures on the 26th). The Fed added 7 more 2-week “term repos, ” plus a...
by irdadmin | Oct 2, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“[Whatever] the repo failure involved, it is likely to prove a watershed moment, causing US bankers to more widely consider their exposure to counterparty risk and risky loans, particularly leveraged loans and their collateralised form in CLOs. a new banking...
