by Dave Kranzler | Dec 11, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
The behavior of the mining stocks since early August is the reason why I am emphatic in recommending to never go “all in” and to keep plenty of cash on hand to take advantage of market pullbacks. The pm sector has had a massive up-cycle since mid-March. ...
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 3, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The appointment of Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary fully removes the “Chinese Wall” that is supposed to separate the Fed and the Government. I believe her appointment signals a decision to transition monetary policy into the unfettered implementation of...
by Dave Kranzler | Dec 1, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“As I always bore people with: The true numbers, location, and disposition of national gold reserves are secrets far more sensitive than the true numbers, location, and disposition of nuclear weapons.” – Chris Powell, Treasurer of GATA I love that...
by Dave Kranzler | Nov 20, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
It’s obvious that the Fed, along with its bullion bank market emissaries, has been working hard to keep a lid on the price of gold. From the vertical “zip lines” in the chart over the past two weeks, the price management team is also making every...
by Dave Kranzler | Nov 18, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
As of last week, the Federal Reserve now owns 16.5% of the total amount of Treasuries outstanding and 18.5% of the total amount of mortgage-backed bonds outstanding. With out this massive amount of Fed intervention, interest rates would be significantly higher and...
