by irdadmin | Mar 7, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Someone last week suggested that Trump sees the stock market as the barometer measuring the success of his Presidency. I think his behavior, tweets, press comments, etc with respect to the stock market validates that assertion. The Dow trended lower all week last...
by irdadmin | Jan 17, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The post-Christmas stock rally extended through Wednesday as the small-cap and tech stocks led the way, with the Russell 2000 up 14.3% and the Nasdaq up 12.5%. The SPX and Dow are up 10.4% and 10.1% respectively. During the stretch between December 26th and January...
by irdadmin | Dec 8, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I recommended shorting MTN to my Short Seller’s Journal subscribers in my December 2nd issue. While I expect MTN to lose at least $200 over time, I did not expect nearly 25% of that price-decline expectation to occur in 5 trading days after I presented the...
by irdadmin | Feb 11, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Jim Rogers stated in an interview with Bloomberg that “the next bear market will be worst in my lifetime,” adding that he didn’t know when that bear market would occur. The stock market has become insanely overvalued. Before last week, several...
by irdadmin | Mar 14, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Privately compiled and reported economic indicators started rolling over in 2012, which is why the Fed continued to “re-up” its money printing. With most S&P 500 companies having now reported Q4 2015 earnings, there’s been four consecutive years...