by irdadmin | Feb 15, 2020 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The stock market is becoming increasingly disconnected from underlying main street reality. Corporate profits have been declining since the third quarter of 2018. However, pre-tax corporate profits have been declining since the Q3 2014 (this data is available on the...
by irdadmin | Feb 10, 2020 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The Fed is trapped. If it stops adding money to the money supply, the stock market will crash. It’s already extended the repo money printing program twice. The first extension was to February and now it has extended it again to April. What was billed as a...
by irdadmin | Feb 5, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
To say the current stock market is in a bubble is an insult to the word “bubble.” Tesla experienced an insanely idiotic stock price move after reporting “shock and awe” headline numbers for revenue and EPS which “beat” estimates...
by irdadmin | Jan 30, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The total US stock market valuation at $33.9 trillion is 157.4% of the last reported GDP. It’s the highest market valuation ever. The more the policy-makers try to pump and jawbone the market higher, the worse the consequences will be on the downside when the...
by irdadmin | Dec 22, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The title quote is from Tad Rivelle, Chief Investment Officer of TCW (Los Angeles based fixed income management company), who manages one of the largest actively managed bond funds. He goes on to comment about the implications of the negative rate policy that has been...
