by irdadmin | Oct 14, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) holds more than 600 tonnes of gold. A bar of gold always retains its value, crisis or no crisis. This creates a sense of security. A central bank’s gold stock is therefore regarded as a symbol of solidity Shares, bonds and...
by irdadmin | Oct 10, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – the Central Bank of Central Banks – released two reports on “unconventional policy tools” – e.g. QE/money printing and interest rate suppression. It concluded that the extreme Central Bank...
by irdadmin | Oct 7, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
On October 4th, as I expected would happen, the Fed announced that it was extending its overnight and term repo operations out to November 26th (the November 12th two-week term repo matures on the 26th). The Fed added 7 more 2-week “term repos, ” plus a...
by irdadmin | Oct 2, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“[Whatever] the repo failure involved, it is likely to prove a watershed moment, causing US bankers to more widely consider their exposure to counterparty risk and risky loans, particularly leveraged loans and their collateralised form in CLOs. a new banking...
by irdadmin | Sep 23, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
It would be difficult to find a chart with a more bullish set-up than that of GDX unless it was a chart of the imminent move higher in the U.S. dollar money supply: The Fed was unable to move the Fed funds rate within 50% of the long term average...
by irdadmin | Sep 19, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” – Ayn Rand Something big is happening beneath the surface of a Dow and S&P 500 trading near all-time highs. The soaring repo rate, more demand for overnight Fed funding loans...
