22 May 2026 – 08:42 Central Euro Time

Both Copper and the Spoo are at present above today’s Neutral Zones; the balance of the BEGOS Markets are within same, and session volatility into “Getaway Friday” is quite light. As this week has unfolded, the S&P 500’s daily Parabolics and MACD have taken on negative readings; too, the Spoo’s “Baby Blues” (see Market Trends) for linreg consistency have in real-time dropped another notch to +83%, their key line-in-the-sand being +80%. Going ’round the horn for the five primary BEGOS components’ Market Values in real-time: we see the Bond -3^21 points “low” vis-à-vis its smooth valuation line, the Euro -0.023 points “low”, Gold -240 points “low”, Oil in line with its Market Value, and the Spoo +351 points “high”. For the Econ Baro we’ve the revision to May’s UoM Sentiment Survey, plus April’s Leading (i.e. “lagging”) Indicators. And ’tis the final day of Q1 Earnings Season. Tomorrow comes the 862nd consecutive Saturday edition of The Gold Update. Monday brings limited trading hours for the BEGOS Markets given Memorial Day StateSide and Pentecost on this side of The Pond.