by irdadmin | Dec 13, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The following is an excerpt from my December 6th issue of the Mining Stock Journal: Trumps Dilemma – The dollar index has been rising since Trump began his war on trade. But right now it’s at the same 97 index level as when Trump was elected. Recall that...
by irdadmin | Dec 11, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
I chuckle when the hedge fund algos grab onto “positive” trade war headlines and trigger a sharp spike in stock futures. Settlement of the trade war between the Trump Government and China will do nothing to prevent a global economic recession – a...
by irdadmin | Dec 6, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
If the “risk on/risk off” stock market meme was absurd, its derivative – the “trade war on/trade war off” meme – is idiotic. Over the last several weeks, the stock market has gyrated around media sound bytes, typically dropped by...
by irdadmin | Dec 3, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The market is already fading quickly from the turbo-boost it was given by the announcement that China and Trump reached a “truce” on Trump’s Trade War – whatever “truce” means. Last week the stock market opened red or deeply red...
by irdadmin | Sep 18, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
If you have gold, you have money – If you don’t have gold, you have a problem – Alisdair Macleod With the massive net short position in both gold and silver Comex paper precious metals, offset by the historic net long position of the...