by irdadmin | Oct 19, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Technically, the move in the stock market that began in March 2009, when the stock market bottomed after the 2008 financial market de facto collapse, should not be termed a “bull market” because it required several trillions of Central Bank and Government...
by irdadmin | Oct 11, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Since the Fed’s QE program largely tapered at the end of 2014 (note: the Fed still used interest on its mortgage holdings to buy more mortgages), the size and volatility of the Federal Reserves reverse repo operations with banks – especially foreign banks...
by irdadmin | Oct 7, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
One of the biggest benefits I get from writing newsletters (Mining Stock and Short Seller’s Journal) is that I get “grassroots Main Street” intel from subscribers. This has led to some invavluable insights into the housing market and the general...
by irdadmin | Sep 30, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The United States is on the frontier of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” Full force propaganda, political/social correctness, “safe spaces,” everyone on Field Day gets ribbon”…the list goes on. Huxley’s vision is...
by irdadmin | Sep 25, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Predictably, the FOMC once again fell flat on its face with regard to its continuous threats over the last month to hike rates. Despite the politically motivated rhetoric about the strengthening economy and tight labor market flowing from Yellen’s pie-hole, the...
by irdadmin | Sep 14, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Federal Reserve intervention has killed natural market processes. The Fed is also starting to lose control of its ability to manipulate the markets. Today is a good example. The S&P and Dow are negative as I write this (2:30 EST) after staging a big early day...
