by irdadmin | Jul 11, 2017 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The biggest problem facing Illinois is the public pension fund problem. I don’t care what the “official” number is for the degree to which it is underfunded. I can guarantee that even without marking-to-real-market the illiquid investments like...
by irdadmin | Jun 9, 2017 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth. – George Orwell A reader commented that the number of corporate lay-offs in America is escalating, yet the unemployment rate seems to keep going lower. Part of the reason for this is that the 2008...
by irdadmin | May 29, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Given group-think and the determination of policy makers to do ‘whatever it takes’ to prevent the next market ‘crash,’ we think that the low-volatility levitation magic act of stocks and bonds will exist until the disenchanting moment when it does not. And...