Business Bible News Market Minute: September 29 @ 6:00AM ET

This is a Business Bible News Market Minute for Monday September 29 at 6:00 AM Eastern Time, Business Bible News where Daily News meets Daily Principle. Flash Business Headlines: Gold has climbed to a record above $3,800 an ounce as precious metals surged, boosted by a weaker dollar amid concerns of a potential US government shutdown, as reported by Bloomberg. Meanwhile, oil prices have dropped as OPEC+ is expected to increase output again, which could impact global markets. Asian shares and US equity-index futures are up, indicating that Wall Street’s advance could continue following an in-line inflation reading. Additionally, global money managers are venturing back into China after years of aversion, drawn by a world-beating stock rally and advancements in high-tech industries. BBNews Market Analysis: Global markets are mixed today. In overseas trading, the Shanghai Composite is up 37 points. In US markets, the S&P 500 is up 38 points to 6,643, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 300 points to 46,247, and the Nasdaq Composite is up 100 points to 22,485. The ten-year Treasury yield is at 4.19. Commodities: Brent Crude is down $1 to $64 per barrel. Gold is up $63 to $3,838 per ounce. The Daily Principle: Today's Daily Principle is BUSINESS: MANAGEMENT, specifically dealing with Wealth. This principle is found in Job 1–3. The verse reads: 'The Book of JOB Job Job The Book of JOB Introduction The book of Job is the story of a good man who suffers total disaster—he loses all his children and property and is afflicted with a repulsive disease. Then in three series of poetic dialogues the author shows how Job's friends and Job himself react to these calamities. In the end, God himself, whose dealings with the human race have been a prominent part of the discussion, appears to Job. The friends of Job explain his suffering in traditional religious terms. Since God, so they assume, always rewards good and punishes evil, the sufferings of Job can only mean that he has sinned. But for Job this is too simple; he does not deserve such cruel punishment, because he has been an unusually good and righteous man. He cannot understand how God can let so much evil happen to one like himself, and he boldly challenges God. Job does not lose his faith, but he does long to be justified before God and to regain his honor as a good man. God does not give an answer to Job's questions, but he does respond to Job's faith by overwhelming him with a poetic picture of his divine power and wisdom. Job then humbly acknowledges God as wise and great, and repents of the wild and angry words he had used. The prose conclusion records how Job is restored to his former condition, with even greater prosperity than before. God reprimands Job's friends for failing to understand the meaning of Job's suffering. Only Job had really sensed that God is greater than traditional religion had depicted him. Outline of Contents Prologue (1–2:13) Job and his friends (3:1–31:40) a. Job's complaint (3:1–26) b. The first dialogue (4:1–14:22) c. The second dialogue (15:1–21:34) d. The third dialogue (22:1–27:23) e. In praise of wisdom (28:1–28) f. Job's final statement (29:1–31:40) The speeches of Elihu (32:1–37:24) The Lord answers Job (38:1–42:6) Epilogue (42:7–17) Satan Tests Job. There was a man named Job, living in the land of Uz, who worshiped God and was faithful to him. He was a good man, careful not to do anything evil. He had 7 sons and 3 daughters, and owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 1,000 head of cattle, and 500 donkeys. He also had a large number of servants and was the richest man in the East.