Trusting you had a good New Years - as certainly the market is going our way to start 2026. As the platform I use to publish my reports (Constant Contact) will be doing weekend maintenance and may be down entirely on Saturday, I'm just going to share my intraday 'X' posts on Friday as time is limited and won't risk waiting for Saturday if they're down. More later, if possible. [see below]

Market X-ray: great start to the New Year ... no assurances for the New Year.

Anyway a good year is behind (stressful at times but we bought the dips and it worked); and we'll see what's in-store, knowing full well that Secretary Scott Bessent is really running the show and wants to prevent the kind of economic fiasco the bear crowd keeps calling for. Can't be certain ever; that's for sure of course but we're optimistic for now.

Bottom-line: good start for the Year.  Markets were up nominally and off their highs at the end. OUR tickers mostly held gains; even finished near their best levels. Well, that's what I wanted. lol.

Enjoy the weekend!

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