Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Leisa’s Weekly Sector Update

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Here are the broad sectors and their comparative change to the broad market index.

        Weekly Change   Change from Broad Market       

Banks   -2.82%  -1.99% 

Construction & Materials        -2.36%  -1.53% 

Insurance       -2.28%  -1.45% 

Utilities       -2.04%  -1.21% 

Financials      -1.99%  -1.16% 

Health Care     -1.62%  -0.79% 

Financial Services      -1.43%  -0.60% 

Retail  -1.34%  -0.51% 

Consumer Services       -1.01%  -0.18% 

Telecommunications      -0.97%  -0.14% 

Industrials     -0.94%  -0.11% 

Industrial Goods & Services     -0.84%  -0.01% 

Total Stock Market Index        -0.83%  0.00%  

Media   -0.75%  0.08%  

Oil & Gas       -0.69%  0.14%  

Automobiles & Parts     -0.47%  0.36%  

Consumer Goods  -0.37%  0.46%  

Personal & Household Goods      -0.37%  0.46%  

Travel & Leisure        -0.36%  0.47%  

Food & Beverage         -0.35%  0.48%  

Chemicals       0.56%   1.39%  

Basic Materials         0.81%   1.64%  

Technology      0.85%   1.68%  

Basic Resources         2.41%   3.24%  

                       

I've created a PDF with the larger breakdown of the sectors/subsectors and I've included weekly, daily and monthly charts respectively of the sectors above. You can access that here.

Enron – The Musical!

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I was floored to see in the newspaper this morning that a play based on Enron is premiering in New York City. Holy Mother of God.

I figured there's no sense in me not getting in on the action, so I hereby lay claim to Enron – The Musical! All I need to do now is write it. I've already got some catchy tunes in mind:

+ Gettin' Kenny Lay'd

+ A Fastowian Bargain

+ Making a Skilling

+ The Electric Slide (reprise)

+ ENE-thing Goes

+ (Don't Need No) Sherry Watkins

+ The Dumbest Guys in the Room

+ Pipe Dreams

+ Oil's Well that Ends Well (finale)

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