by irdadmin | Dec 23, 2022 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, U.S. Economy
The following analysis was presented earlier this month in the Short Seller’s Journal. I agree with the title quote but it’s not mine. The CEO of luxury furniture retailer, Restoration Hardware ($RH), commented on the Company’s Q3 earnings call:...
by irdadmin | Sep 28, 2020 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
The following is an excerpt from the latest issue of my Short Seller’s Journal: I thought this chart showed yet another interesting signal that the stock bubble could be ready to pop: It shows the spread (the difference) in the percentage sector weightings in...
by irdadmin | May 26, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I want to show two quotes from commentators in related areas of financial analysis because they illustrate the difference between truthful commentary and unmitigated idiocy. Yesterday, James “Mc” wrote in Bill Murphy’s nightly “Midas”...
by irdadmin | Aug 23, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Absurd surges in new home sales activity were not significant…Headline reporting of this series is of no substance, as seen frequently with massive, unstable and continuously shifting revisions of recent history… – John Williams, Shadowstats.com on...
by irdadmin | Jan 24, 2016 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, U.S. Economy
“The banks are still clinging to their reserve reports and praying. The bonds are all toast. Most are in the single digits or teens.” I asked a former colleague of mine from my Bankers Trust junk bond days who is now a distressed debt trader what was going...