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...
by irdadmin | Jan 10, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The soaring paper gold open interest on the Comex is just one indication of a shortages developing in the physical gold bullion market. It’s no coincidence that just prior and accompanying the sell-off in gold this week that Exchange for “Physical”...
by irdadmin | Jan 8, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Unequivocally, the “repo” operations by the Fed is “QE.” Well, let’s just call it what it is because “QE” was coined in place of “money printing.” The socially correct posture to assume on Wall Street and in DC at...
by irdadmin | Jan 3, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Comex gold contracts were brought to life in 1974. Correspondence between senior officials in, and advisors to, the Nixon Administration discussed the need to create an “investment” vehicle to “capture” institutional investment money directed...
