The writing of this market report was at a time of great volatility, due to it coinciding with the speech of the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The drift of it appears to be that Hezbollah will support Hamas. If so, it means an intensification of the Palestinian crisis Which would presumably drive gold and silver prices higher. This market report should be read in this context.
The Dow Jones suffered its biggest one-day drop since August on Tuesday, falling 363 points. The Dow has lost 540 points in two days, the biggest decline since September 2016.
According to analysts quoted by CNN, fear of a tanking bond market is one of the main factors behind the stock market dip.
The bond market has been selling off lately. That’s raising fears that the era of extremely low bond rates — which has been very good to the stock market — could soon be over.”
