| Index | Close | % Change |
|---|
| Dow | 32914.2 | 0.04 |
| Dow Transports | 14554.06 | 0.76 |
| Dow Utilities | 1022.58 | 0.22 |
| S&P 500 | 4121.32 | 0.31 |
| Nasdaq | 12061.37 | 0.4 |
| Nasdaq 100 | 12599.63 | 0.41 |
| Russel 2000 | 1887.98 | 0.26 |
| VIX Index | 25.02 | 0.93 |
| 10 Year Gov't Yield | 3.04 | 3.54 |
| Spot Gold | 1842.2 | -0.49 |
| Spot Silver | 22.09 | 0.73 |
| GDX-Gold Miners | 32.22 | -1.04 |
| Crude Oil | 118.32 | -0.46 |
| Dollar Index | 102.39 | 0.25 |
| Euro Spot | 1.07 | -0.22 |
| Japanese 10 Year | 0.24 | -3.98 |
| Shanghai SE | 3236.37 | 1.28 |
| Long Bond 20-year | 136.56 | -1.13 |
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Bonds, Again
06-06-2022The bulls tried to get a party started as they had the Nasdaq almost 2% higher and the S&P up 1% shortly after the open, but the undertow in the bond market essentially erased the rally by midday, with the indices just barely hanging on in positive territory. In the afternoon, the market traded sideways to higher, finishing with the small gains that you see in the box scores.
Away from stocks, as noted, fixed income was heavy, with rates probing the recent highs. Green paper was helped at the margin by that while the metals were not. Silver was over 2% higher at one point last night before giving most of that up to close 0.75% higher. Meanwhile, gold turned a 0.5% gain into a 0.5% decline. The miners were extra weak given the size of the move in the metals, though some have acted better than others.
Running the Asylum
Perhaps markets will be pinned until we get through the FOMC meeting next week. We know what they're going to do, and we know how they're going to huff and puff. Thus, the fact that the market is hostage to this group of fools who have been so wrong is maddening, but I guess no more so than a lot of other crazy things we see daily, in the world today.