by irdadmin | Sep 26, 2022 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I had an interesting dialogue with a couple of long-time colleagues about this commentary by Wall Street On Parade. The Martens do an admirable job exposing the corruption on Wall Street, the Fed and Congress. But they exhibit a profound misunderstanding of the...
by irdadmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
The short answer is “no.” Just ask those who invested in Morgan Stanley’s silver “investment” product 15 years ago or in UBS’s precious metals custodial services. Time and time again we hear horror stories – some anecdotal...
by irdadmin | Nov 17, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Silver is both a monetary metal and store of wealth – as such older than gold in fact – and a metal that is critical to a multitude of industrial applications. Silver is not only historically cheap relative to gold, but it is headed into a major supply...
by irdadmin | Jul 16, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
The Achilles’ Heel of the fractional, unallocated bullion system is when the physical gold and silver falls short of derivative obligations to deliver real physical metal to the end-user buyer. By delivery I mean move the bars from London or NYC vaults and ship...
by irdadmin | Apr 30, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
“Generally at every level [of the market] there’s probably a lot more demand than there is supply. Another signal we’re seeing right [evidence of tight supply] is the intense effort in the gold and silver derivatives markets to hold down the prices....
