It’s all well and good that the market is finally showing some weakness. I’m loaded to the gills with ninety short positions (all small, representing roughly 1% of my portfolio each, with the rest in cash), but how long do we hold on? How far will the market be permitted to slip before beard-face & company intervene? (more…)
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.
Tim Smacks Down Bull Gheyness
Posted Monday, just after the close (and, no, I didn’t issue a similar comment on any of the prior 20 Mondays……….) (more…)
The Latest Line in the Sand
We now know where the line is drawn, my friends. Here’s the ES:
Shorting Boeing Boing
Boeing has approximately doubled in price in less than two years’ time, and a lion’s share of that rise has just been in the past five months. I am adding this to my already absurdly-long list of short positions since I think it’s due for an easing perhaps down to the very high 80s. I’ve got a tight stop at $101.
