by irdadmin | Mar 26, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The news headlines explained the sudden jump in the S&P futures this morning by stating that “recession fears had faded.” Just like that. Overnight. I guess the fact that the housing starts report showed a 9% sequential drop in housing starts last...
by irdadmin | Mar 21, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“You’ve really seen the limits of monetary and fiscal policy in its ability to extend out a long boom period.” – Josh Friedman, Co-Chairman of Canyon Partners (a “deep value,” credit-driven hedge fund) The Fed’s abrupt policy...
by irdadmin | Mar 20, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
“No more rate hikes period…rate cuts to begin sometime this spring…tapering the balance sheet taper starting in May…QT ends in September even though our balance sheet has only been reduced by roughly 10% of the amount of money we...
by irdadmin | Mar 19, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
“My sense is we are coming up on another crisis and it’s going to be worse than the last one” – John Titus “Money exits not buy nature but by law” – Aristotle – When Rule of Law breaks down, it enables bankers, via their...
by irdadmin | Mar 17, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I sourced the chart below from a blog called The Macro Tourist. I added the title and the two yellow trend lines. The chart shows the daily price of gold since the inception of the bull market in 2000-2001. Last Friday (March 8th) gold popped $12 +/- (depending on the...
by irdadmin | Mar 12, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
James Kunstler summarized it perfectly. So rather than reinventing the wheel, here’s an excerpt from his Monday commentary: Jerome Powell [was] wheeled out on CBS’s 60 Minutes Sunday night, like a cigar store Indian at an antique fair, so vividly sculpted and...
