by irdadmin | Jul 20, 2017 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
And once again Chipotle ($CMG) is in the news for business operations negligence. Where the hell is the local Department of Health? E-coli, customer credit card hacks, novovirus and now rats falling from ceiling – Are You Sure That’s Pork?. As the...
by irdadmin | Jul 19, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Once again there was an overnight “flash crash” in Comex gold futures trading. This time it occurred at 3:56 a.m. EST at one of the quietest trading periods of the roughly 23 hour electronic trading day. India has gone sleep. The Shanghai Gold Exchange...
by irdadmin | Jul 17, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Doc asked me last minute to fill-in for Eric Dubin, who’s M.I.A. somewhere on the shoreline of southern France, on Silver Doctor’s Metals and Markets weekly podcast. Among other topics we discussed why the current trading action in the precious metals...
by irdadmin | Jul 12, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Stewart Dougherty is back with scathing commentary about the big mining companies – Barrick, Newmont, Goldcorp, etc – and their unwillingness to fight the obvious intervention in the gold and silver markets by western Central Banks and Governments. While...
by irdadmin | Jul 11, 2017 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The biggest problem facing Illinois is the public pension fund problem. I don’t care what the “official” number is for the degree to which it is underfunded. I can guarantee that even without marking-to-real-market the illiquid investments like...
by irdadmin | Jul 10, 2017 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Amazon stock is up $6 in pre-market trading because it’s…”Prime Day!” But what does this really mean? It means AMZN will burn more cash selling and fulfilling commodity products with free 2-day shipping. But it will likely get another $20 pop...
