by irdadmin | Jan 16, 2024 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy, Uncategorized
I find it quite amusing that the market believes inflation is tied to rates – the propagandists at the Fed did their job there. Distract while creating bank reserves (print money) out of plain sight. The Monetary Base is up over 7% since March. M2 is also a bit...
by irdadmin | Jan 2, 2024 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
This is the opening commentary in the December 14th issue of my Mining Stock Journal. I also the updates on two my portfolio stocks (I also reviewed Franco Nevada in the issue). To learn more, follow this link: Mining Stock Journal information Yesterday (Wednesday,...
by irdadmin | Jan 31, 2023 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, U.S. Economy
The following commentary is from the latest issue of the Short Seller’s Journal. SSJ analyzes economic developments and presents fundamentally-driven short-sell ideas on a weekly basis. You can learn about this newsletter here: Short Seller’s Journal...
by irdadmin | Aug 4, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“[T]he Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 percent and anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate. In addition, the Committee will continue reducing its holdings of Treasury...
by irdadmin | Dec 21, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The Fed announced Wednesday that it would double its rate of taper, which means that by the end of March it will not longer be overtly dumping money into the banking system. It also implied, via its idiotic dot-plot, that there would be three interest hikes in 2022....