Image Source: UnsplashStocks turned in a very mixed performance today, with the broader market showing the greatest weakness, and the heart of the bubble, the tech stocks, showing more resilience.The Dollar took back the 50 cents it gave up yesterday. Gold was unchanged. Silver gave up some ground back to the 32 handle.VIX wallows.War fever continues to build.The incumbent party and its candidates have a strong vested interest in the strength of equities and the illusion of victory in foreign adventures, at least until the November elections.The mighty rise and are fallen. The word and the spirit endure.Have a pleasant evening.More By This Author:Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – Land Of Illusion Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – In The Service Of Power, Lies, And Murder Stocks And Precious Metals Charts – The Consumption Of The Ages