by irdadmin | Nov 5, 2018 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I’m already fatigued and disgusted with Christmas promotions. They’re everywhere now, including every other ad on television. I’ve come to loathe the holiday season because of the extreme materialism and consumerism into which it has degenerated....
by irdadmin | Oct 30, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I think we can all agree, it was an interesting week last week in the stock market, to say the least. For the week, the Dow was down 2.9%, the SPX was down 3.9% and the Nasdaq was down 3.8%. All three indices closed below their 200 dma. It can be argued that, on a...
by irdadmin | Oct 17, 2018 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
A colleague/friend asked today how I thought the “FANG saga” would end. I replied that I don’t know about GOOG and FB, but AMZN is maybe worth $50/share as it burns cash every quarter despite manufacturing GAAP “net income” so it’s...
by irdadmin | Oct 10, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“The only time we’ve ever seen a confluence of risk factors anywhere close to those of today was the week of March 24, 2000, which marked the peak of the technology bubble.” – John Hussman, Hussman Funds, in his October Market Commentary The yield on...
by irdadmin | Sep 27, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The agenda of the Fed is to hold up the system for as long as possible. The biggest stock bubble in U.S. history has been fueled by 10 years of negative real interest rates. The only way to justify that policy is to create phony inflation statistics. Based on...
