by Dave Kranzler | Jun 28, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“We believe the effect of the troubles in the subprime sector on the broader housing market will be limited and we do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system,” – Fed Chairman,...
by Dave Kranzler | May 23, 2017 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
So much for the jump in the builder’s confidence index reported last week. The Government reported a literal plunge in new home sales in April. Not only did the seasonally manipulated adjusted annualized sales rate drop 11.4% from March, it was 6% below Wall...
by Dave Kranzler | May 23, 2017 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The S&P 500 and Dow have gone nowhere since March 1st. The SPX had been bumping its head on 2400 until Wednesday. The Dow and the SPX have been levitating on the backs of five tech stocks: AAPL, AMZN, FB, GOOG and MSFT. AAPL alone is responsible for 25% of the...
by Dave Kranzler | May 9, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Gold and silver have been sold down pretty hard since April 18th. But the structure of the weekly Commitment of Traders report, which shows the long and short positions of the various trader classifications (banks, hedgers, hedge funds, other large investment funds,...
by Dave Kranzler | Oct 4, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
This is starting to smell a lot like 2008. By nearly all private sector reported economic data series, the economy is starting to tank hard. Just today the employment component index of the NY ISM manufacturing report plunged at its fastest pace in history and hit a...
