Whereas the final trading day of 2025 saw all eight BEGOS Markets record a down day, this start to 2026 finds five of the eight to the upside: the Metals Triumvirate, Oil and Spoo all at present are above today’s Neutral Zones; below same are the Bond and Swiss Franc, (only the Euro is currently within its Neutral Zone); session volatility is moderate across the board. Tomorrow’s 842nd consecutive Saturday edition of The Gold Update — with its newly enhanced Scoreboard — shall also of course feature the final 2025 Standings of the BEGOS components, as well as our annual forecasted price for Gold’s high. As for “the now”, by Market Trends, Gold’s “Baby Blues” of linreg consistency continue to drop, as do those for the EuroCurrencies, and to a degree, for the Spoo, too. The Econ Baro awaits Construction Spending: because of the recent StateSide “shutdown”, there is source conflict as this being the report for October or November. On verra… Let the year commence.