The week begins finding Gold trading ever closer (its high thus far today 3849) to its Dollar debasement value (3865). At present, every BEGOS Market is higher, with seven of the eight (save for Oil) above their respective Neutral Zones for today; session volatility is moderate-to-robust. The Gold Update notably finds Silver leading the BEGOS Markets Standings, price +58.3% year-to-date, and even more so as of today by the white metal having moved up into the 47s; (Silver’s all-time high was back on 25 April 2011 at 49.82); too, we’re a bit concerned over Gold becoming excessively stretched to the upside, in real-time now +281 points above its smooth valuation line (see Market Values). The Spoo is higher such that were the S&P 500 to open at this instant, ‘twould so do +0.4%. 13 Econ Baro metrics are due this week, starting today with August’s Pending Home Sales.