by irdadmin | May 11, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, U.S. Economy
Other people’s money is always more fun to play with recklessly than your own. As such there’s been a quiet escalation in number of private capital pools offering mortgage (and auto) financing to subprime quality borrowers. “Special Circumstance...
by irdadmin | May 10, 2018 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Tesla bank creditors have forced the Company to add its Fremont manufacturing factory to the pool of assets which secure Tesla’s $1.8 billion credit facility. The cover story is that the banks “suggested” that Tesla add the additional collateral to...
by irdadmin | May 9, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I strongly believe that labeling the condition of the stock market based on arbitrary “percentage changes” up or down is absurd. But then again most attributes of the current stock market are sublimely ridiculous, if not outright Orwellian. But, what the...
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...
