Stock Market Manager Weekly Update: January 13th, 2026

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We’ve been offline for a little bit and in the middle of re-organizing to bring you all some updates to content and news!!

Hoping Everyone had a great holiday season and up and onward in 2026!!
Stay Tuned !!

Here’s the latest

Markets survived the Gov’t shutdown, Venezuela takeover, bombing Iran and so forth and Trumps trips abroad seem to be delivering.  To say this last year has been crazy from a geopolitical point of view is a huge understatement. As they say, however, the smart money that drives our stock markets is all in.

With the S & P bouncing off of 7,000 (an all-time high), that says it all!!  And remember the markets are one of the most credible leading indicators of future economic activity- So Buckle up for 2026!!

Here is a great update and overview of markets from our friends at Value Engine

01/05/2026 ValuEngine Weekly Market Summary & Commentary
January 6, 2026 by Herb Blank

U.S. equity markets entered the first trading days of the new year on a mixed footing, with weakness concentrated in mega-cap growth and technology while selective strength appeared across small caps, energy, and industrial sectors. Dividend-oriented and defensive exposures also showed relative resilience. The dispersion in sector and factor performance underscores an ongoing rotation theme …
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Free Flow, Inc– OTC QB FFLO
https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/FFLO/quote

Breaking news
Free Flow, Inc. (FFLO) Announces Agreement to Purchase and Set Up Steel Plant Operation in Morocco

Estimated combined annual sales are anticipated to be $56 million with net profit exceeding $10 million

NORTH BERGEN, NJ, Dec. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Free Flow, Inc. (OTCQB: FFLO), which is incorporated in the state of Delaware as Free Flow USA, Inc., today announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Contractual Agreement with a Kuwaiti company to purchase plant and machinery from and set up in Morocco, as a turn-key operation, an “induction steel melting and steel rolling plant” with an annual production capacity of 36,000 metric tons of steel billets and 80,000 metric tons of steel bars. The estimated combined annual sales from this operation are anticipated to be $56 million with a decent net profit of over $10 million.
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01/05/2026 ValuEngine Weekly Market Summary & Commentary

January 6, 2026 by Herb Blank

U.S. equity markets entered the first trading days of the new year on a mixed footing, with weakness concentrated in mega-cap growth and technology while selective strength appeared across small caps, energy, and industrial sectors. Dividend-oriented and defensive exposures also showed relative resilience. The dispersion in sector and factor performance underscores an ongoing rotation theme …

Read more

ValuEngine new strategies, Podcast introduction

ValuEngine Capital Management LLC (VECM) is pleased to announce the addition of Jordan Kimmel to the team as the new Chief Equity Strategist and portfolio manager. VECM is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) that invests based on the proprietary, quantitative research produced by ValuEngine Inc. It is an important partnership between two companies: ValuEngine conducts research, and ValuEngine Capital Management LLC actively trades client funds using this research.

VIEW JORDAN’S INTRODUCTORY PODCAST HERE

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