by irdadmin | Aug 1, 2022 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, U.S. Economy
After a decade of deranged monetary policies that ultimately amplified speculation beyond 1929 and 2000 extremes, we are so far from “normal’ that arriving anywhere near that neighborhood will be a journey. The recent market decline has simply retraced the frothiest...
by irdadmin | May 30, 2022 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, U.S. Economy
NOTE: The analysis below is from the May 22nd issue of my Short Seller’s Journal. In conjunction with this, my good friend and colleague, Greg from Silver Liberties has prepared a technical analysis video of the Builders FirstSource stock chart: BLDR Technical...
by irdadmin | May 9, 2022 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I’m starting to believe that the housing market may have hit a wall in April. The graphic below is my reconstitution of the two charts sourced from Reventure Consulting (RC). It’s self-explanatory: Amusingly, I’ve noticed articles in the mainstream...
by irdadmin | Apr 30, 2021 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“March 2021 Producer Prices exploded across the board, with record levels of annualized First-Quarter 2021 Inflation of 8.99% for Total PPI-FD, 16.04% for PPI-FD Goods Sector and 5.62% for PPI-FD Services Sector (BLS)…On the more-meaningful Goods side,...
by irdadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Existing home sales, reported last Thursday, were down 3.7% from February (down 6.3% in February). Wall St was thinking they would rise 0.8%. The seasonally adjusted annualized sales rate dropped to 7-month lows. The reason for struggling existing home sales is...
