by irdadmin | Dec 18, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
A guest post by Stewart Dougherty IRD’s Note: In the past year, there has been a noticeably substantial increase in the use of the obscurely defined EFPs (Exchange for Physicals) and PNTs (Privately Negotiated Transactions) in the settlement of Comex gold and...
by irdadmin | Dec 8, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
As students of the gold market know, the paper gold markets in New York and London function as price manipulation mechanisms used by the western Central Banks in their effort to control the price of gold. As the physical demand from the eastern hemisphere pushes the...
by irdadmin | Nov 30, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
IRD is honored to present another guest post from Stewart Dougherty Dictatorship (noun): Definition #3: absolute power or authority (Websters); Def. #2: absolute, imperious or overbearing power or control (Random House); Def. #3: Absolute or despotic control or power...
by irdadmin | Nov 26, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Gold is instantly and optically recognizable as money. You dont have to explain it. Bitcoin and Special Drawing Rights (SDR), like a bad joke, have to be explained. There are plenty of sites available that paint it clearly, like bitcoin.com.au, but many...
by irdadmin | Nov 22, 2017 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“The current state of credit card delinquency flows can be an early indicator of future trends and we will closely monitor the degree to which this uptick is predictive of further consumer distress.” – New York Fed official in reference to rising...
by irdadmin | Nov 20, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Let’s face it, the trillions of fiat currency printed by Central Banks globally, which has been compounded by an even greater amount of debt issuance derived from the printed currency, has fomented multiple assets bubbles of historic proportions. Bitcoin is a...
