by irdadmin | Nov 6, 2019 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The major stock indices – the Dow, SPX and Nasdaq – have wafted up to all-time highs on a cloud of Central Bank printed money. Interestingly, most of the stocks in all three indices are below to well below their all-time highs. Breadth of the move is...
by irdadmin | Nov 1, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“By sticking to the new orthodoxy of monetary policy and pretending that we have made the banking system safe, we are sleepwalking towards that crisis.” – Mervyn King, former head of the Bank of England in a lecture at the IMF’s recent annual meeting The...
by irdadmin | Oct 28, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
There’s a strong probability that the Fed’s “non-QE” QE operations will morph into a full-blown money printing program that will exceed the one implemented starting in late 2008. The same fundamentals variables that fueled a massive move in the...
by irdadmin | Oct 24, 2019 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I’m not sure why Trump continues incessantly to harangue the Fed about cutting the Fed Funds rate. The Fed is printing money and sending it to the stock market via the banks. It’s a much more effective policy tool to accomplish Trump’s number one...
by irdadmin | Oct 20, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The Fed is printing money again – this time disguised as “repo operations” instead of “QE.” The price of gold and silver rallied over the summer anticipating an easier monetary policy. The economic problems and financial system excesses...
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...