by irdadmin | May 12, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives when I became Chairman in February 2006.” – Ben Bernanke, outgoing Fed Chairman 2014 “Recently I used the word ‘revolution’ to...
by irdadmin | May 7, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
No, not that CCP, though it may as well be. The “CCP” in reference Comex paper silver manipulation is the Central Counterparty sub-committee of the CFTC. The CCP is the creation of Russ Benham, Chris Marcus’ (Arcadia Economics) candidate for a Nobel...
by irdadmin | May 3, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Before the CFTC inevitably ignores the following inquiry from Chris Marcus et al, I would remind its Chairman and the CFTC attorneys that the CFTC and its agents are public servants — their function is to serve the public. The compensation paid to the...
by irdadmin | Apr 30, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
“Generally at every level [of the market] there’s probably a lot more demand than there is supply. Another signal we’re seeing right [evidence of tight supply] is the intense effort in the gold and silver derivatives markets to hold down the prices....
by irdadmin | Apr 30, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“March 2021 Producer Prices exploded across the board, with record levels of annualized First-Quarter 2021 Inflation of 8.99% for Total PPI-FD, 16.04% for PPI-FD Goods Sector and 5.62% for PPI-FD Services Sector (BLS)…On the more-meaningful Goods side,...
by irdadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Existing home sales, reported last Thursday, were down 3.7% from February (down 6.3% in February). Wall St was thinking they would rise 0.8%. The seasonally adjusted annualized sales rate dropped to 7-month lows. The reason for struggling existing home sales is...
