by irdadmin | Jan 28, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The mortgage regulators are stretching the removal of mortgage qualifications to the limit in an effort to keep the housing party going. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CPFB) is recommending the removal of the DTI as a factor in qualified mortgage...
by irdadmin | Jan 26, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
“Miss the boat? The move in the precious metals sector is just getting started” – Arcadia Economics The charts on the mining stocks I follow in my Mining Stock Journal are all starting to look very bullish. Many have pulled back this month after a...
by irdadmin | Jan 23, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
I sent this article linked to Chris Powell and Bill Murphy at GATA for a good chuckle. Chris has turned it into worthwhile commentary: Practially every day prompts those who consider themselves market analysts to contrive explanations for movements in the gold price,...
by irdadmin | Jan 17, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
The chart above shows the ratio of GDXJ/GDX. Although I don’t consider GDXJ to be a junior ETF per se, the GDXJ index does contain smaller cap, later-stage juniors and smaller cap producers. In that sense, it offers slightly higher risk/returns than GDX. That...
by irdadmin | Jan 10, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The soaring paper gold open interest on the Comex is just one indication of a shortages developing in the physical gold bullion market. It’s no coincidence that just prior and accompanying the sell-off in gold this week that Exchange for “Physical”...
by irdadmin | Jan 8, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Unequivocally, the “repo” operations by the Fed is “QE.” Well, let’s just call it what it is because “QE” was coined in place of “money printing.” The socially correct posture to assume on Wall Street and in DC at...
