Stocks and Precious Metals Charts - Meta-Shock, Bezos Bounce - Non-Farm Payrolls Tomorrow

The Facebook Meta-miss in its numbers last night took the markets down hard.

And then they went down even harder during the day, reaching some fairly impressive lows.

But huzzah, after the bell Amazon posted a big sales beat, and the futures roared off their lows, taking back a good chunk of the day's losses, but still finishing in the red.

These guys could not get more brazen than if they just went out and started sticking people up on the streets in Manhattan.

Gold and silver got hammered intraday, in the kind of shenanigans I was expecting ahead of the Payrolls report.

That's exactly what it was--shenanigans.

I am not sure what to expect tomorrow, but the tail risks seem fat, and the officials and referees are looking the other way.

There is always some cheating, scamming, and insider information trading in the markets.

But now it is becoming almost routine and expected.

You know, you do have the option not to give them your money, at least so readily, and lay back in cash and pick your shots more carefully and less frequently.

The dollar continued to decline.

Non-Farm Payrolls tomorrow.

Have a pleasant evening.

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