by irdadmin | Aug 14, 2017 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The economy continues to grow weaker despite all of the Fed, Wall St. and media propaganda to the contrary. The economy is growing weaker due to the deteriorating financial condition of the consumer, which is by far the biggest driver of GDP in the United States. The...
by irdadmin | Aug 8, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
“The combination of central banker-applied brute force (buying everything in sight) and deitylike central banker pronouncements has dampened market volatility and frisky free-lancing, but at the same time it has encouraged risk taking (in market positioning, not...
by irdadmin | Jul 6, 2017 | Financial Markets, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
In my opinion, the ride down will be worth the pain and blood-loss of sticking with a short bet on TSLA, which is why I continue to buy small quantities of put options that have been expiring worthless. I know at some point I’m going to catch a $100+ reversal in...
by irdadmin | Jun 27, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
“Bubbles require ever more money to sustain them. Currently that’s not happening. A severe market selloff could come at any moment.” The quote above is from Fred Hickey, who writes the The High-Tech Strategist newsletter. Mario Draghi, Chairman of...
by irdadmin | May 23, 2017 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
The S&P 500 and Dow have gone nowhere since March 1st. The SPX had been bumping its head on 2400 until Wednesday. The Dow and the SPX have been levitating on the backs of five tech stocks: AAPL, AMZN, FB, GOOG and MSFT. AAPL alone is responsible for 25% of the...