by irdadmin | Dec 16, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
According to the latest Treasury International Capital report (for October), China unloaded nearly $42 billion in Treasuries in October. In the last 12 months, China has unloaded nearly $150 billion in Treasuries, equivalent to more than one month’s worth of new...
by irdadmin | Dec 14, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
That popping sound you just heard is the Fed popping the housing bubble. The housing bubble that it inflated with ZIRP and zero-bound credit requirements to qualify for a mortgage. But first, let’s get this out of the way: Goldman’s Jan Hatzius...
by irdadmin | Oct 11, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Since the Fed’s QE program largely tapered at the end of 2014 (note: the Fed still used interest on its mortgage holdings to buy more mortgages), the size and volatility of the Federal Reserves reverse repo operations with banks – especially foreign banks...
by irdadmin | Sep 19, 2016 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Notice how EVERYTHING – even the most trivial of events – on Fox News/Business, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN and MSNBC is “BREAKING NEWS?” The presentation of the news and the exploitation of sensationalism has itself become an insidious form of...
by irdadmin | Sep 18, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Doc – Silver Doctors – and Eric Dubin – The New Doctors – invited me back on their SD Weekly Metals & Markets show this past week. We discussed the upcoming “most important ever” FOMC meeting this Tues/Wed (note the sarcasm as...
