by irdadmin | 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...
by irdadmin | Feb 14, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The retail sales report for December – delayed because of the Government shut-down – was released this morning. It showed the largest monthly drop since September 2009. Online sales plunged 3.9%, the steepest drop since November 2008. Not surprisingly,...
by irdadmin | Feb 12, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I get a kick out of these billionaires and centimillionaires, like Kyle Bass yesterday, who appear on financial television to look the viewer in the eye and tell them that economy is booming. Kyle Bass doesn’t expect a mild recession until mid-2020. Hmmm...
by irdadmin | Feb 8, 2019 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“The demand for – the demand for Model 3 is insanely high. The inhibitor is affordability. It’s just like people literally don’t have the money to buy the car. It’s got nothing to do with desire. They just don’t have enough money in...
by irdadmin | Feb 7, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“Our advice is to own as little exposure U.S. equity exposure as your career risk allows.” – Martin Tarlie, member of portfolio allocation at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo investment management The following is an excerpt from the latest Short...
by irdadmin | Feb 5, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Price inflation has been badly misrepresented by CPI figures and have been averaging closer to about 8% annually since gold topped in Sept 2011. Since then the purchasing power of the dollar has declined by about 43%, so that in 2011 dollars the gold price is $740. No...
