by irdadmin | Nov 22, 2019 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I’m sure most of you are inundated with “Black November,” “70% off” and “clearance” email promotions from the usual cast of brick/mortar/online chain retailers. It started with my inbox in October. This is because retailers...
by irdadmin | Dec 15, 2017 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The headline retail sales report, released today by the Census Bureau, showed a rather unexpectedly large 0.8% jump from October. The Wall Street brain trust was expecting a 0.3% increase. Of course, 99% of stock market investors and 100% of the financial media...
by irdadmin | Jan 10, 2017 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I find it to be mind-blowing when financial advisors and stock market gurus get in bubblevision or write Seeking Alpha articles and assert that the stock market is good “relative” value right now. They are either dishonest, unethical or just stupid....
by irdadmin | Jan 6, 2017 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The headlines are reporting that auto sales in December hit a record, when looked at on a “seasonally adjusted annualized rate” basis. No one questions the validity of the seasonal adjustments. The average news consumer sees or hears the headline...
by irdadmin | Dec 19, 2016 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The Census Bureau reported that its advance estimates of retail sales for November show a .1% gain from October and a 3.8% gain over November 2015. Wall St. was forecasting a .4% gain. Oops. But there’s a bigger problem with that headline report of a .1%...
