No one is very accurate in predicting the future but there are signs and signals that provide an idea of the process for the 10 remaining months ahead. January and February are always considered the sleeper months, especially January. We are all waking up from the prior year and the Northern Hemisphere arrives in the new year in a darker, colder environment. Once we reach the third month, March, we are ready for the roll out of 2026. It has the invisible hand of the number 3 working behind the scene. The months of one, January and two, February are now uniting to create the third month of March. The ready, get set, go month. We can launch now. The days are getting lighter and will get warmer moving forward.

The first half of the year is a very different entity than the 2nd half of the year. You now …