There was a stock option expiration for June on this Friday past as noted on the option calendar below. There will be a Comex option expiration for the precious metals on June 27th which is the Tuesday after next.

The economic news still indicates an economy that is faltering on the edge of a sustainable recovery. The biggest problem is still the lack of real income (wage) growth among the breadth of the participants in the real economy.

Next week is a bit light on economic news. That calendar is also included below as well as the results of economic announcements for this week past.