by irdadmin | Apr 3, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Overstock’s attempt to capitalize on “blockchain mania” appears to have fallen flat. The SEC is investigating it ICO fund-raising scheme and a class-action lawsuit has been filed in connection with the deal. OSTK finally announced today that it was...
by irdadmin | Apr 1, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
There is plenty of dysfunction in plain sight to suggest that the financial markets can’t bear the strain of unreality anymore. Between the burgeoning trade wars and the adoption in congress this week of a fiscally suicidal spending bill, you’d want to put your...
by irdadmin | Jan 19, 2018 | Financial Markets
People who look for easy money invariable pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this earth. – Jesse Livermore Boeing’s stock has gone parabolic. It’s doubled since April 2017: The stock now trades at a 31x PE ratio,...
by irdadmin | Jan 5, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“This time it’s different.” That quote is from Sir John Templeton, a legendary investor who is considered the father of the modern mutual fund industry. For most of the month of December, I’ve been hearing ads from mortgage brokers who are...
by irdadmin | Dec 12, 2017 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“There is nothing new on Wall Street or in stock speculation. What has happened in the past will happen again, and again, and again. This is because human nature does not change, and it is human emotion, solidly built into human nature, that always gets in the...
