Saturday’s Gold Update cites the 5400s as already trading on the weekend; the COMEX high for the Monday session thus far is 5434. At present, Gold, Silver and Oil are above today’s Neutral Zones and respectively are +2.5%, +1.7%, and +8.2%; below same are the Bond, EuroCurrencies and the Spoo, itself -1.2%; session volatility for the BEGOS Markets is mostly robust. We are keen to see if Gold near-term reverts back from whence it has come as typically is its wont following geo-political price spikes: currently 5423, Gold settled Friday at 5296, its BEGOS Market Value (in real-time) 4984 and Fair Value 3884. On verra. Q4 Earnings Season has concluded: for the 457 S&P 500 constituents having therein reported, 71% improved their bottom lines over Q4 a year ago, bettering the average improvement pace of 66%; but as we regularly caution, the S&P’s overall level of earnings is considerably low relative to price, (the “live” futs-adj’d P/E at this moment 45.1x). The Econ Baro awaits February’s ISM(Mfg) Index.