by irdadmin | Jan 9, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The stock market has gone “Roman Candle” since Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, gave a speech that was interpreted as a precursor to the Fed softening its stance on monetary policy. Not that intermittent quarter-point Fed Funds rate nudges higher or a barely...
by irdadmin | Jan 7, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The stock market has become the United States’ “sacred cow.” For some reason stock prices have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity. In truth, the stock market is nothing more than a reflection of the inflation/currency devaluation...
by irdadmin | Jan 4, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Silver is up 12.4% since November 11th, gold is up 9.3% since August 15th. But the GDX mining stock ETF is up 21.4 % since September 11th. GDX is actually up 71% since mid- January 2016. By comparison, the SPX is up just 34% over the same time period (Jan 19th,...
by irdadmin | Jan 2, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Precious Metals
A quiet bull market in mining stocks is underway. The GDX ETF closed trading on New Year’s Eve up 2.37%. Through Monday, the GDX has risen 20% since hitting a 52-week low close of $17.57 on September 11, 2018. In popular parlance, GDX is now in a “bull...
by irdadmin | Dec 27, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“Commentators keep asking why the Fed can’t raise rates if the economy is so strong? They still don’t realize that the economy was never strong. They confuse a bubble for strength. Without 0% rates and QE the bubble can’t survive. But a return...
by irdadmin | Dec 20, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Bloomberg posted an article this morning describing the Collateralized Loan Obligation market as “Wall Street’s Billionaire Machine.” But I seem to recall that the CLO market was one of the financial nuclear bombs that blew up and triggered the...
