by irdadmin | Jan 11, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, U.S. Economy
I fully expect the Government’s Census Bureau to post a mind-blowing headline retail sales number for December. Hyperbolic headline economic statistics derived from mysterious “seasonal adjustments” based on questionable sampling methodology is part...
by irdadmin | Jan 7, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I find it amusing that the stock market is attributing so much value to the “blockchain” technology. Anyone who has been using the trading sites at cryptoevent.io will understand what I mean. In reality, blockchain technology is just a piece of software...
by irdadmin | Jan 7, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
This article is from Dr. Fraser Murrell via The Daily Coin: In the 1600s, Sir Isaac Newton presided over a (bi-metal) Gold and Silver Standard, with the flaw being the fix of silver to gold. In the 1900s, John Maynard Keynes “revolutionized” economics, with the result...
by irdadmin | Jan 5, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“This time it’s different.” That quote is from Sir John Templeton, a legendary investor who is considered the father of the modern mutual fund industry. For most of the month of December, I’ve been hearing ads from mortgage brokers who are...
by irdadmin | Jan 4, 2018 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Paper is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims. Watch for the day when it bounces, marked, ‘Account overdrawn.’ – Francisco’s “Money” Speech – from “Atlas Shrugged”...
by irdadmin | Jan 3, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
No society that depends on money can work for long if nobody knows the true value of things, including the value of money itself. The price of attempting to live in a culture of pervasive dishonesty is that a re-set is inevitable. When it happens, it will be hugely...
