by irdadmin | Sep 3, 2021 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The chart above shows the gold/HUI ratio going back to 2001. I would have used GDX but I wanted to take the graph back to beginning of the precious metals bull market and GDX didn’t start trading until May 2006. It’s not perfect, but in general when the...
by irdadmin | Aug 13, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Precious Metals
“The concept of transitory is really this: it is that, uh, the increases will happen. We’re not saying they will reverse. That’s not what transitory means. It means that the increases in prices will happen, so there will be inflation, but that the...
by irdadmin | Aug 12, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“The concept of transitory is really this: it is that, uh, the increases will happen. We’re not saying they will reverse. That’s not what transitory means. It means that the increases in prices will happen, so there will be inflation, but that the...
by irdadmin | Aug 9, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
In the last FOMC policy announcement, the Fed announced that it is establishing a “standing” $500 billion repo facility open to domestic and foreign banks. A repo facility provides overnight or short term liquidity to the banking system. It moves liquidity...
by irdadmin | Aug 9, 2021 | Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
From GATA: Congratulations to Kitco News market analyst Jim Wyckoff for tiptoeing up to the gold market manipulation issue in his commentary this morning: KITCO – Gold Manipulation Wyckoff writes: “The overnight flash crash in gold and silver prices may...
by irdadmin | Aug 2, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Silver and gold have been under intense attack in the paper silver/gold derivative markets (Comex, OTC derivatives) and the London unallocated phony physical bullion market since August 2020. But I believe that is about to end. The precious metals sector was...