Boeing closed out 2025 on a strong footing, delivering a lights-out quarter.

​​​​​​​With demand for gold and silver at a fevered pitch, speculative mania has driven premiums in China to extremely high levels, creating tension in the marketplace.

Markets dipped before Powell, then reversed higher on a stop-hunt bounce, with earnings and shifting dollar/gold moves setting up more volatility ahead.

Southwest Airlines shares jumped more than 12% after the company reported Q4 results and projected 2026 adjusted EPS of at least $4.00.

Although the benchmark indices opened lower, they traded volatily throughout the session and ultimately closed green.

Verizon has declared and paid variable quarterly dividends since January 2001. The February 2026 Quarterly dividend of $0.69 suggests a $2.76 annual dividend for the coming year.

The technical picture on the Nasdaq 100 futures looks positive, given that it has just broken out of a multi-week consolidation to the upside this week, moving above former resistance in the 25,880 to 26,045 region.

The EUR/USD is near the 1.19500 level, with fast conditions still shaking the broad Forex market.

As usual, the Federal Reserve did exactly what everybody expected at its January meeting.