Thursday, June 19th, the market is closed.

Have you been following price this week on our indexes? What have you noticed?

So far, 2025 has proven to be a very difficult year to navigate. As much as I hate listening and reacting to news, it has been the single largest thing that has driven the markets in each direction. Thursday night we started a new dramatic news item with the possible outbreak of a war between Iran and Israel. The first item that will rocket is oil prices, and then gold. The question is, what is it going to do to the stock market?

It appears that Israel just attacked Iran via air to neutralize what they believe is a nuclear threat. The markets are already reacting in the after-market, and though it has stabilized at this moment, nothing will surprise me by morning. Just expect that this week’s gains will be erased and then a bit more.

It feels like the markets are on cruise control and we are just on the ride. Doesn’t it look too good to be true? When we listen to and read the news, you would think that the markets should be in full pullback mode. There are negotiations and deadlines heading our way, and if they fail, then maybe at that point the news will match the price action.

Let’s look at what happened by the end of last week.

Entering the halfway point of 2025 already! It’s pretty crazy how time is flying by these days. The word this weekend is consolidation. Furthermore, have you ever heard this saying? “Sell in May and go away!” It is a stock market saying, and the first thing I will show you is the last 5 years of June, and then you can make the decision on whether it is true or not.

This post is mostly for me and my own research and tracking.

Do you have a move left? I have one, and I feel like I should burn it since I cannot roll it over. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? I even submitted that idea and request to the TSP board twice, and both times it fell on deaf ears. This is the primary reason I will close it when the time comes.

I’ve already made that announcement here, but I will remind you below.

Just wanted to give you guys a quick update to let you know that all warnings on the S&P and Small Cap are cancelled. Next……

Let’s never forget to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country on this day!

Thank you.

This coming week will be the end of May, and we had another shake-up at the end of the week with tariffs. So what do you think happened over the weekend? I will let you know below.

Here is my move today.