The big news this week is FOMC tomorrow, and that is a big risk factor for this week as it may well be that some Fed members are irritated that there is now talk that, with Yellen coming in to replace Bernanke, there is no prospect of QE being tapered in the foreseeable future and that it may well be expanded. A number of Fed members have significant reservations about QE still and it would be strange if they weren’t disturbed by such talk, which may prompt some hawkish talk tomorrow that in turn could well trigger a retracement. (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.
Early Next Week….
We are in a very similar situation as we were last week…an overbought to very overbought market with two unclosed gaps. Typically, when we see this type of market a short-term reprieve is right around the corner. (more…)
Does Tyler Print Money?
I was thumbing through charts this weekend, and I was stunned at one chart, symbol TYL, that looked almost comically exponential……(I’ve slipped in some fundamentals): (more…)
Ten Minutes of Your Sunday is Well Worth This
I got an email from beloved Sloper BDI (who, even among those he verbally assails and from whom he demands physical favors, is adored day in and day out) with a link to the clip below. I originally didn’t want to bother watching, but hey, it’s BDI, I gave it a shot. And, oh my God, it’s fantastic. It only deepens my conviction that Cramer is an idiot whore, and that Bartiroma is an overly-masquera’d kind-of-cute-thirty-years-ago Wall Street shill. (more…)
