by irdadmin | Dec 2, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
The price of gold has held firm at the $1460 (front-month contract basis, not the Kitco “spot” price) level despite the constant price attacks that have been occurring overnight and into the Comex floor trading hours since early November. On an intra-day...
by irdadmin | Nov 21, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
In what has become a recent routinized pattern in the price of gold (and silver), the market rallies during peak Indian gold market hours and then sells off when London opens. After the customary price take-down when the Comex floor trading opens, gold and (and...
by irdadmin | Oct 20, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The Fed is printing money again – this time disguised as “repo operations” instead of “QE.” The price of gold and silver rallied over the summer anticipating an easier monetary policy. The economic problems and financial system excesses...
by irdadmin | Oct 7, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
On October 4th, as I expected would happen, the Fed announced that it was extending its overnight and term repo operations out to November 26th (the November 12th two-week term repo matures on the 26th). The Fed added 7 more 2-week “term repos, ” plus a...
by irdadmin | Oct 2, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“[Whatever] the repo failure involved, it is likely to prove a watershed moment, causing US bankers to more widely consider their exposure to counterparty risk and risky loans, particularly leveraged loans and their collateralised form in CLOs. a new banking...
