by irdadmin | Jan 30, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The total US stock market valuation at $33.9 trillion is 157.4% of the last reported GDP. It’s the highest market valuation ever. The more the policy-makers try to pump and jawbone the market higher, the worse the consequences will be on the downside when the...
by irdadmin | Jan 28, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The mortgage regulators are stretching the removal of mortgage qualifications to the limit in an effort to keep the housing party going. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CPFB) is recommending the removal of the DTI as a factor in qualified mortgage...
by irdadmin | Jan 26, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
“Miss the boat? The move in the precious metals sector is just getting started” – Arcadia Economics The charts on the mining stocks I follow in my Mining Stock Journal are all starting to look very bullish. Many have pulled back this month after a...
by irdadmin | Jan 23, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
I sent this article linked to Chris Powell and Bill Murphy at GATA for a good chuckle. Chris has turned it into worthwhile commentary: Practially every day prompts those who consider themselves market analysts to contrive explanations for movements in the gold price,...
by irdadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
The chart above shows the ratio of GDXJ/GDX. Although I don’t consider GDXJ to be a junior ETF per se, the GDXJ index does contain smaller cap, later-stage juniors and smaller cap producers. In that sense, it offers slightly higher risk/returns than GDX. That...
by irdadmin | Jan 14, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Gresham’s Law in action: The diminishing availability of physical gold from the market (per several different accounts in London) corresponds to the proliferation of fiat currency printing and paper gold derivatives. Since September the Fed has increased the...
