by Dave Kranzler | Dec 27, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“Commentators keep asking why the Fed can’t raise rates if the economy is so strong? They still don’t realize that the economy was never strong. They confuse a bubble for strength. Without 0% rates and QE the bubble can’t survive. But a return...
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 20, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Bloomberg posted an article this morning describing the Collateralized Loan Obligation market as “Wall Street’s Billionaire Machine.” But I seem to recall that the CLO market was one of the financial nuclear bombs that blew up and triggered the...
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 18, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
A friend asked me today what I thought Powell should do. I said, “the system is screwed. It ultimately doesn’t matter what anyone does. The money printing, credit creation and artificially low interest rates over the last 10 years has fueled the most...
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 17, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
A couple of my subscribers emailed me expressing frustration over the fact that their recent homebuilder puts are either not moving higher or losing value despite the sell-off in the overall stock market. There’s two factors. First, the homebuilder sector has...
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 13, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The following is an excerpt from my December 6th issue of the Mining Stock Journal: Trumps Dilemma – The dollar index has been rising since Trump began his war on trade. But right now it’s at the same 97 index level as when Trump was elected. Recall that...
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 11, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I chuckle when the hedge fund algos grab onto “positive” trade war headlines and trigger a sharp spike in stock futures. Settlement of the trade war between the Trump Government and China will do nothing to prevent a global economic recession – a...
