by irdadmin | May 22, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Someone or some entity – likely a hedge fund – bought 4500 September $35-strike puts on XHB on Thursday last week when XHB was trading just above $39. That’s a $225,000 speculative bet that the XHB drops more than 15% by mid-September. This morning...
by irdadmin | May 19, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
What’s going on with gold, the dollar and interest rates – especially gold? All of the variables that fundamentally support much higher gold prices are lined up perfectly. Why isn’t gold moving higher? The popular narrative in the mainstream...
by irdadmin | May 17, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The dollar is said to be “soaring,” though I take issue with that characterization for now (see the chart below); 10-yr Treasury yields are also rising, though the yield on the 10-yr is only up about 67 basis points if you measure from January 1, 2017. ...
by irdadmin | May 7, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
This analysis is an excerpt from the opening market commentary in my April 19th issue of the Mining Stock Journal. I was looking at some charts with a colleague two weeks ago and was startled to discover that a very quiet bull move has begun in the miners. Like the...
by irdadmin | May 6, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Since the beginning of 2018, gold has been stuck in a trading range between $1310 and $1360. Silver has ranged between $16.20 and $17.50, though primarily between $16.80 and $16.25 since February. So what’s next? While most analysts base their views largely...
by irdadmin | May 3, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Not much needs to be said about Tesla. Elon Musk’s performance on the Company’s conference call speaks for itself. He basically told the lemming analysts who have been the Company’s Wall Street carnival barkers to go have sex with themselves in...
