by irdadmin | Jun 13, 2023 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Note: The commentary below was published by Kinesis Money. It also was the opening commentary in my latest issue of the Mining Stock Journal. In my opinion, the precious metals sector is beginning to “sniff” the prospects of a likely reversal in the Fed’s monetary...
by irdadmin | Apr 15, 2023 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Most people mistake rising prices for inflation. Inflation occurs when a Central Bank creates money at a rate in excess of the rate of wealth creation that theoretically “backs” the additional currency. Simply stated, the ratio of additional money supply...
by irdadmin | Dec 7, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
I wrote the following commentary/analysis for Kinesis Money’s Blog: With inflation raging and the price of gold seemingly not keeping pace with rising rates, articles suggesting that gold is no longer a valid hedge against inflation or preservation of wealth...
by irdadmin | Sep 6, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
There’s an egregious misperception that QE is merely an “asset swap” with banks that simply creates reserves – that the Fed is not printing money with its QE operations. This view is seeded in ignorance about the monetary system as operated by...
by irdadmin | Aug 4, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“[T]he Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 percent and anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate. In addition, the Committee will continue reducing its holdings of Treasury...