by irdadmin | Oct 31, 2023 | Financial Markets, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Interest payments on Treasury debt will soon exceed $1 trillion annually. With rising interest rates, the cost of interest is increasing at an increasing rate – i.e. going “parabolic.” Andrew Maguire and I discuss the U.S. Government’s...
by irdadmin | Jun 10, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The price of gold ran higher eight days in a row before today’s interventionist price smack. Technically, whatever that means, the gold price was likely due for a healthy pullback anyway. The price of gold is responding to what appears to be the Fed’s...
by irdadmin | Jun 28, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The economy has hit a wall and is now sliding down it. I don’t care what bullish propaganda may or may not be bubbling up in the headlines from the financial media and Wall Street, the hard numbers I look at everyday show accelerating economic weakness. The fact...
by irdadmin | May 17, 2018 | Financial Markets, Gold, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
The dollar is said to be “soaring,” though I take issue with that characterization for now (see the chart below); 10-yr Treasury yields are also rising, though the yield on the 10-yr is only up about 67 basis points if you measure from January 1, 2017. ...
by irdadmin | Apr 29, 2018 | Financial Markets, Housing Market, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
I continue to believe that the “lowest hanging fruit” in shorting this stock market is the homebuilders and related stocks. History appears to be repeating, or at least “rhyming” in the housing sector: Most investors do not realize this,...
