Stocks and Precious Metals Charts - To Withstand the Evil of This Day

 

"They spend their days in prosperity, and slide down quietly into the abyss.   They say to God, 'Leave us alone!  We do not want to learn your ways.  Who is the Almighty that we should serve him?   And what would we gain by praying to him?  Is not the prosperity of the wicked the result of their own efforts, since they have never sought God’s help?'"

Job 21:12-16

"Listen to the sound of my cries, my Lord and my God.   For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil will not abide with you.  The boastful will not stand before your eyes; you will have no part with lawlessness.  You bring low those who speak lies, and despise the bloodthirsty and deceitful. There is no truth in their mouths; their hearts are desolate; their throats are open graves; they sway us with their words.

Lead us, O Lord, in your righteousness despite adversity.  Make your ways straight before us."

Psalm 5:1-9

"Simon, Simon. Satan has asked to have you, and to sift all of you, like wheat.   But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail.   And when you have returned to the faith, you must help to strengthen your brothers."

Luke 22:31-32

"Sometimes God is the only one who will understand your motives.  Sometimes you will do all you know God has asked you to do, only to face ridicule from others.  At such times all you can do is maintain your integrity, trusting that God always keeps His eyes on you.  God looks favorably upon those who walk with integrity, doing what they know is right, regardless of how others perceive their actions.

When no one seems to understand why you have done something or when others question whether you have done all you should have done, your confidence should not be in the hope of vindication in the eyes of others.  It should be in the knowledge that God keeps you in His sight. If you have this confidence, it will be enough to sustain you."

Henry Blackaby, Integrity Upheld

"Watch therefore and pray always, that you may escape all these things that will come to pass, and be among those standing with the Son of Man.”

Luke 21:36

Once again stocks came in trading heavily, but went out with gains into the close.

VIX fell.  It's called a growing complacency.

The Dollar fell a bit.

Gold and silver both held their ground with silver showing a gain.

Holiday on Thursday, Non-Farm Payrolls on Friday.

There is quite a debate going on after the recent presidential debate, regarding Biden's ability to function for another four years in office.

But for me the key question is, who is running things in Washington these days?   Not this guy.  

No wonder things are so screwy in Foggy Bottom.  The children in the administration are lacking adult supervision.

Have a pleasant evening.

Stocks and Precious Metals Charts - Ubi Sunt Principes Gentium - How the Glory of the World Passes Away

 

"Do not court death by your lawless way of life,
      nor draw destruction to yourself by the work of your hands.
God did not make death,
      nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living.
For he fashioned all things that they might have life,
      and the creatures of the world are wholesome;
There is not a destructive drug among them
      nor any domain of Hades on earth,
For righteousness is undying.

God formed us to be everlasting,
      he made us in the image of his own nature.
But by the envy of the devil, death has entered the world,
      and they who follow him will experience it."

Wisdom 1:12-15; 2:23-24

"Listen, and I will tell you a mystery."

1 Corinthians 15:51

"They betray righteous people for silver and the poor for a pair of sandals. They have trampled the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and thrust the lowly out of their places. So now I will crush you to the ground, and you will groan like a cart loaded with grain. Not even the swift will escape; your strong will lose their power, and soldiers will not be able to save even their own lives. On that day even the bravest soldiers will drop their weapons and run. Thus the Lord has spoken."

Amos 2: 7, 13-16

"Where now are those who ruled nations,
      those who had dominion over the animals of the earth
      and made sport of the birds of the heavens?
Where are those who amassed hoards of silver and gold
      in which people place their trust,
      those whose greed knew no limit?
Where are those silversmiths expert in their craft
      of whose work not a trace remains?
They have all vanished, descending into the netherworld,
      and others have risen up to take their place."

Baruch 3:16-19

Stocks floundered around today, managing to hold their ground.

VIX fell.

The Dollar did nothing, but is holding at a fairly high level.

Gold and silver took a little bounce after an early trouncing.

Non-Farm Payrolls on Friday.

US markets will be closed on the 4^th of July.

The madness serves none but itself

Have a pleasant evening.

Stocks and Precious Metals Charts - Out of the Darkness, Into the Light

 

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity.  It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity.  If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.   To live with courage, purpose, and connection—to be the person whom we long to be—we must again be vulnerable.  We must take off the armor, put down the weapons, show up, and let ourselves be seen.  There is no intimacy without vulnerability.

Accountability is very simple, three things: authenticity, action, and amends.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.  Vulnerability is not winning or losing.  It’s having the courage to show up when you can’t control the outcome.   Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust.  It’s not oversharing, it’s not purging, it’s not indiscriminate disclosure, and it’s not celebrity-style social media information dumps.  Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them."

Brené Brown, The Power of Vulnerability, 2013

"Love does not make you weak, because it is the source of all strength — but it makes you see the nothingness of the illusory strength on which you depended before you knew it."

Léon Bloy

"What is hell? I maintain it is the pain of being unable to love."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Proclaim the truth and do not be silent in fear.  We have had enough pressure to be silent.   Cry out with a thousand voices.  The world is rotten because of silence.  You know that every evil is founded in the love of self.  Self-love is a fog that takes away the light of reason, which sustains itself by the light of faith.  One is not lost without the other.

Love transforms us into what we love.  Out of darkness is born the light.  Be who God meant you to be, and you will set the world on fire."

Catherine of Siena

And so ends the month, the quarter, and the first half of 2024.

Much of the trading today was driven by this calendar event, and the rebalancing of stock indices.

Gold and silver held steady.

The Dollar chopped sideways.

Next week we will have the June Non-Farm Payrolls report on Friday.

I didn't watch the presidential debate last night, but the outcome was fairly predictable.

I never voted for Biden, as he was in the bloodline of Clinton, and I could never vote for Trump, because he is in thrall to the power of the darkness in this world.

So, it will no doubt be an interesting year.

A couple of countries are evidently on a gradual descent into hell.

Let's hope that people will begin to wake up and see the light. 

And let us never hesitate to look to ourselves, because we are no more immune to the allure of evil than anyone else.

Have a pleasant weekend.