by irdadmin | May 7, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The National Association of Realtors (NAR – existing home sales reports) and the Census Bureau (new home sales reports) report monthly sales on a “seasonally adjusted annualized rate” basis (SAAR). Notwithstanding the reliability – or lack...
by irdadmin | Apr 3, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The stock market has been rising relentlessly since Christmas, riding on a crest of increasingly bearish economic reports. Maybe the hedge fund algos are anticipating that the Fed will soon start cutting rates. Data indicates foreigners and retail investors are...
by irdadmin | Mar 26, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The news headlines explained the sudden jump in the S&P futures this morning by stating that “recession fears had faded.” Just like that. Overnight. I guess the fact that the housing starts report showed a 9% sequential drop in housing starts last...
by irdadmin | Feb 26, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I don’t know if it was the intent of the Fed, but Jerome Powell has managed to trigger a rush into stocks more frenzied than the one that engulfed the last days of the dot.com/techbubble. The vertical ascent since Christmas in the Dow/SPX is unprecedented on a...
by irdadmin | Feb 14, 2019 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The retail sales report for December – delayed because of the Government shut-down – was released this morning. It showed the largest monthly drop since September 2009. Online sales plunged 3.9%, the steepest drop since November 2008. Not surprisingly,...
