by irdadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Existing home sales, reported last Thursday, were down 3.7% from February (down 6.3% in February). Wall St was thinking they would rise 0.8%. The seasonally adjusted annualized sales rate dropped to 7-month lows. The reason for struggling existing home sales is...
by irdadmin | Apr 18, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
…Only this time around they are sponsored by the U.S. Government and guaranteed explicitly by the Taxpayers. I say “explicitly” because Government agency-issued mortgages are directly guaranteed. This isn’t reason enough to go investing in...
by irdadmin | Feb 21, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
A colleague of mine pointed out that Trump has not been tweeting his flatulence about the economy recently. This thankful hiatus is after he just passed tax cuts and a spending budget that is supposed to be stimulative. As it turns out, the economy is hitting the...
by irdadmin | Jan 24, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“Housing – people are insane if they think housing isn’t going to get crushed with rising rates. As you outline often, it’s already happening in ( NY, Den, etc. ) I live in LA and most of my friends/ coworkers are telling me how dumb I am to not jump...
by irdadmin | Oct 21, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Based on the National Association of Realtor’s “Seasonally Adjusted” Annualized Rate (SAAR) metric, home sales were said to have ticked up 0.7% in September from August. On a SAAR basis they declined 1.5% from September 2016. In his customary effort...
