Not exactly the greatest week of the year, but it’s Friday, so pick your poison. I think I’m going to sit farther down from this fellow.
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.
Boeing Record Volume
As I mentioned deep in the bowels of the comments section, I had put together a post yesterday about shorting Boeing (cleverly tititled “Boing” – heh.) but decided not to post it since I figured any suggestion about shorting a stock would be met with jeers and catcalls. (more…)
Something New is Coming
After I sold Prophet back early in 2005, I was given a cushy job with a great salary doing basically whatever I wanted to do (nice work if you can get it, eh?) After years of struggling to build a business, it was wonderful just to help build products, not worry about the aggravations of running a small enterprise, and getting a fat direct deposit every two weeks. (more…)
Are Commodities About to Step Down?
Take a look at the ETF symbol DBC, which is the commodity fund. There is a consistent series of lower highs and lower lows, and given the surge we’ve had in crude oil the past several weeks, a large portion of its gap has been closed. Strictly speaking, the gap is at $26.43, so there are still a few dimes to go, but we’re awfully close. (more…)
Roll With It
SPX hit and closed at the daily upper bollinger band yesterday. The upper bollinger band rose a very impressive ten points yesterday, which was more than I expected. Now that the upper bollinger band has been hit that should slow down to a more moderate 3 to 6 points maximum increase in a day. SPX daily chart: (more…)
