by Dave Kranzler | 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 Dave Kranzler | Mar 27, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Trade wars historically have been symptomatic of more profound underlying problems. Primarily economic in nature. Any big war in history can be tied to economic roots. The degree to which the U.S. financial and economic system is self-destructing varies inversely with...
by Dave Kranzler | Mar 20, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Deteriorating real economic fundamentals – The most important economic report out last week was retail sales for February, which showed at 0.1% decline from January. This was a surprise to Wall Street’s brain trust, which was expecting a 0.4% gain. Keep in...
by Dave Kranzler | Mar 7, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The consequences of Gold Truth, such as it is but has not yet been revealed, are beyond sobering. If the Gold Truth is that USG, Inc. does not possess and own the gold it has promised the world that it owns and possesses, every last shred of monetary, fiscal,...
by Dave Kranzler | Mar 6, 2018 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
Should this surprise anyone? An interesting study by a Phd candidate at the University of Chicago is being released which shows a statistically high incidence in taxi trips between the NY Fed and big NY banks clustered around FOMC meetings: Mr. Finer writes that...
