by irdadmin | Jun 26, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
IRD Note: The average household is bloated with debt, housing prices have peaked, many public pensions are on the verge of collapse in spite of 9-years of rising stock, bond and alternative asset values. But all of this was built on a foundation of debt, fraud and...
by irdadmin | Jun 13, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Retail, especially the “concept” retailers, are going parabolic. It makes no sense given the declining rate of personal consumption, retail sales, etc. The kinkiest names like RH, RL and W are going up like the dot.com stocks went up in late 1999/early...
by irdadmin | Mar 17, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
One of the first comments about the economy from Larry Kudlow after his appointment as Trump’s chief “economic” advisor was to advise anyone listening to “sell gold.” But why? Gold is irrelevant in the United States. Very few...
by irdadmin | Mar 6, 2018 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Should this surprise anyone? An interesting study by a Phd candidate at the University of Chicago is being released which shows a statistically high incidence in taxi trips between the NY Fed and big NY banks clustered around FOMC meetings: Mr. Finer writes that...
by irdadmin | Feb 27, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Fed Head, Jerome Powell, is not an economist. He’s a politician who made a lot of money at the Carlyle Group. He has an undergraduate degree in politics and went to law school. After working for awhile as a lawyer at a big Wall St. firm, Powell migrated to...
