by irdadmin | Aug 29, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“Those who see no Lehman-like episode on the horizon did not see the last one.” – highly regarded writer, George Will, in a National Review article titled, “America Is Overdue For Another Economic Disaster” Lost in the largely meaningless...
by irdadmin | Jul 10, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The economy is melting down – the only support for the Propaganda Narrative of a “booming economy” is a rising stock market. Without a doubt Trump has ordered the Working Group on Financial Markets – AKA “the Plunge Protection Team”...
by irdadmin | Jun 1, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The National Association of Realtors released its monthly “Pending” home sale report for April this morning. It fell 1.3% from March. The Wall Street analytic “brain trust” was looking for a 0.4% gain. The housing data is repetitively...
by irdadmin | May 22, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Someone or some entity – likely a hedge fund – bought 4500 September $35-strike puts on XHB on Thursday last week when XHB was trading just above $39. That’s a $225,000 speculative bet that the XHB drops more than 15% by mid-September. This morning...
by irdadmin | Apr 29, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I continue to believe that the “lowest hanging fruit” in shorting this stock market is the homebuilders and related stocks. History appears to be repeating, or at least “rhyming” in the housing sector: Most investors do not realize this,...
