by irdadmin | Jun 1, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The National Association of Realtors released its monthly “Pending” home sale report for April this morning. It fell 1.3% from March. The Wall Street analytic “brain trust” was looking for a 0.4% gain. The housing data is repetitively...
by irdadmin | May 27, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
A branch manager gets home loans for borrowers with weak credit or low incomes—and taxpayers back him up. – Bloomberg.com Bloomberg News featured a story today that I find to be an outrage. It seems that some punk kid in Houston – Angelo Christian –...
by irdadmin | May 24, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Rising energy prices and collapsing emerging currencies are two developments that are not receiving much attention in the mainstream propaganda narrative. But either development which could end up “pulling the rug” out from underneath the markets. I pieced...
by irdadmin | May 23, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Patrick Vierra of Singapore Bullion invited me to discuss precious metals, the stock market and the fiat currency-fueled asset bubbles that will blow-up sooner or later. I explain why investing in gold requires a long term perspective on investing and wealth...
by irdadmin | May 19, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
What’s going on with gold, the dollar and interest rates – especially gold? All of the variables that fundamentally support much higher gold prices are lined up perfectly. Why isn’t gold moving higher? The popular narrative in the mainstream...
by irdadmin | May 17, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The dollar is said to be “soaring,” though I take issue with that characterization for now (see the chart below); 10-yr Treasury yields are also rising, though the yield on the 10-yr is only up about 67 basis points if you measure from January 1, 2017. ...
