by irdadmin | Dec 31, 2024 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
Some of the subscribers to my Mining Stock Journal have been asking me if I thought it would take a big sell-off in the general stock market before the mining stocks will resume their bull cycle, noting that “several analysts seem to think that’s the case.” I’m...
by irdadmin | Feb 20, 2024 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Calpers – the California Public Employee Retirement System pension fund has borrowed 8% of its assets in order to load up on risky stocks. From the Financial Times: “Calpers, the largest pension plan in the US with $452bn in assets, had total fund leverage...
by irdadmin | Nov 29, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Based on the rate of depletion of gold and silver bars from bank custodial vaults in London and NYC, it’s fair to say a “low-grade” physical metals rush is in process – much of it flowing to large eastern hemisphere buyers. This...
by irdadmin | Sep 30, 2021 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“There was a complete rout of net favorable views of buying conditions: household durables fell to the lowest level since 1980, vehicles fell to the lowest level since 1974, and homes to the lowest level since 1982. These record drops were all due to complaints...
by irdadmin | Mar 26, 2021 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
CVNA has been largely a highly frustrating short, especially in light of the fact that it burned in excess of $600 million in cash in 2020. I think the high short interest (25% of the float on a float of just 68mm shares) is the catalyst for serial short squeezing....
