Stocks wobbled around today, as the geopolitical risks raised their ugly heads over the official proclamations and celebrations of peace.
Gold and silver bounced around as usual, finishing higher on the day.
Bitcoin (BTC.X) is also bouncing around, stuck for now on the lower end of its intermediate trading range.
VIX, of course, fell.
We can't have any disappointments for Donnie's big 250th anniversary celebration of himself.
Iran and Russia may not have gotten the memo.
Breaking News after the bell: US forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites today as a response to Iran's drone attack yesterday on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, per CENTCOM. These are the first US strikes since the MOU was signed.
If you are getting your news from the ideologically/financially aligned mainstream news channels, you may have no idea what is going on and what is coming your way.
I can remember an online acquaintance telling me in the aftermath of 9/11 and the aggressive campaign for waging war on Iraq that he could not bear to watch anything but Fox News.
I made a promise to myself that if the whole WMD agitprop turned out to be false, I would never watch the mainstream media channels again. And it was false, and I no longer watch them.
It is not news; it is not journalism. It is performative art for pay.
So we move forward into the holiday-shortened trading week to come.
Have a pleasant weekend.
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