Wednesday, June 24, 2026

This All Sucks: Rigged Markets, Dishonest Media, Corrupt Government, Power and Internet Outages

A prime example. On Monday, June 22, Alphabet A shares replaced Verizon on the Dow Jones Industrials. 100% move. Rigged game.

He who panics first, panics best. -- Anonymous

Since making an all-time high on June 2nd (27.093.90), the NASDAQ, as of Tuesday's close, is down 5.56%, and that's not even the worst of it. On June 10th, the NASDAQ closed at 25,169.50, about 1.25% lower. Nobody panicked.

Editor's Note: Between a power outage Monday, into Tuesday morning, and the internet connection oscillating between completely FUBAR and intermittent, it's been difficult, to say the least, to post anything relevant. It's annoying, frustrating, and somewhat depressing that these kinds of things continue to happen. I have no idea why, but some kind of change - of service providers or the location of our headquarters - is beginning to look more and more like a necessity. I apologize for the inconvenience. It's taken the heart out of what used to be an enjoyable daily experience. -- Fearless Rick

With the opening bell approaching quickly, stock futures are signaling a better trading session than Tuesday's. Dow futures are down 15 points. NASDAQ futures are ahead by 123, and S&P futures are up 16.

For reasons beyond any reasonable explanation, gold and silver spot prices are plummeting, again. Silver is now less than half of the all-time high reached earlier this year (January) and is currently continuing its overnight slide, down to $58.56. Gold has been sent down to as low as $3,971. Very disturbing, but, that's what one gets for playing with the fire that is real money in a fiat world.

Best of luck. Essentially, all markets are completely rigged by one-percenters and government interventions.

It really kind of sucks.

At the Close, Tuesday, June 23, 2026:
Dow: 51,666.84, -45.87 (-0.09%)
NASDAQ: 25,587.04, -579.56 (-2.21%)
S&P 500: 7,365.46, -107.33 (-1.44%)
NYSE Composite: 23,463.63, -132.59 (-0.56%)



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