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"God beholds you individually, whoever you are. He calls you by your name. He sees you and understands you, as He made you. He knows what is in you, all your own peculiar feelings and thoughts, your dispositions and likings, your strength, your weakness.
He views you in your day of rejoicing, and your day of sorrow. He sympathises in your hopes and your temptations. He interests Himself in all your anxieties and remembrances, all the rising and failings of your spirit. He has numbered the very hairs of your head and the height of your stature.
He compasses you round and bears you in His arms; He takes you up and sets you down. He notes your very countenance, whether smiling or in tears, whether healthful or sickly. He looks tenderly upon your hands and your feet; He hears your voice, the beating of your heart, and your very breathing.
You do not love yourself better than He loves you. You cannot shrink from pain more than He dislikes your bearing it; and if He puts it on you, it is as you would put it on yourself, if you would be wise, for a greater good afterwards....
God has created you to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to you which He has not committed to another. You have your mission -- you may never know it in this life but you shall be told it in the next.
You are a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created you for naught. You shall do good, you shall do His work. You shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in your own place while not intending it if you do but keep His commandments.
Therefore I will trust Him. Whatever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him. If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends. He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me -- still He knows what He is about."
John Henry Newman, The Heart of Newman
The DX Index I normally show is the continuous futures contract on the DX index. The front month is now June.
The Fed also publishes two other dollar indices: major currency index, and the broad currency index. The major currency index is essentially the basis for the Wall Street DX futures index.
I have included charts of both of these Fed dollar indices below.
“If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.”
Howard Zinn
Wow.
Silver is amazing. Its upward moves are iconic, a short squeeze that doesn't know when to quit. And the equity markets are no slouches either. Is that you blowing a bubble again Benny?
The miners are lagging and at some point soon they should catch up, especially the juniors. I think a lot of people do not believe the metals move is for real and so are playing paired trades and some assets become individually mispriced.
I feel like we are in the Jurassic Park movie, seeing the water glasses on the dashboard shaking, with the heavy footfalls of T-Rex and the sounds of its breathing moving around us in the night. We just do not know which direction it is coming from, and where it is going.
I took some paired positions into the weekend, I just could not resist. I have a weak spot for long holiday weekends in which Asia is open and the west is closed. Let's see if any of the China rumours with regard to the reminbi are valid.
Have a happy holiday weekend everyone, and see you at the late show Sunday night.
Metal's breaking out. Timmy's at the wheel, with Jamie and Blythe in the back seat. Ben is the goat.
