The Bond begins its week on a down note, at present trading below today’s Neutral Zone; the balance of the BEGOS Markets are within same, and volatility is mostly light. The Gold Update points to price’s still not being able to get off the mat even as the weekly parabolic trend enters its fifth week of being Long. As for Oil (currently 90.58), its “Baby Blues” (in real-time) have further slipped to the +86% level as we continue to watch for the +80% level to be breached, toward then anticipating lower price levels; at Market Values, Oil is +7.85 points above its smooth valuation line. The Econ Baro looks to 12 incoming metrics for the week, (with none due today), notably featuring the Fed’s favoured inflation gauge of the Core PCE Index for August come Friday.