Well, folks, we’re halfway through the month, and this month has simply sucked. The market just inches (or “yards”) higher every day on volume that’s smaller and smaller. But when the Federal Government has taken over the stock market, who needs volume? (Today’s volume was the lowest regular trading day volume of the ENTIRE YEAR).
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.
Rates of Interest
The following is excerpted from this week’s Notes From the Rabbit Hole, NFTRH 247:
As the 10-year to T-bill yield curve chart makes clear, we are not in Kansas anymore. We are in Wonderland and as you can see, in Wonderland interest rates and their interrelationships are at the center of events. (more…)
3 Things I Hate about Enumerated Blog Titles
Any of you who spend any time on the web see this kind of thing every day; that is, the click-bait enumerated headline…….. (more…)
A Couple of Nice Short Setups
The two charts below have both had significant upward surges recently which brings them to attractive risk/reward levels for shorting. (more…)
A Mini Kahuna Trade – Go Long DBA
Ok, right off the bat, this trade is not for most people. It is a high risk, high reward type of trade that my options scanner has picked up. There is supporting evidence by the options configuration, Bank Participation report and Commitment of Traders report, but the chart looks terrible (commodities are in a bear market after all – or are they still?). So at some point this summer, DBA may go ballistic, but it is a roll of the die when and by how much. (more…)
