I took a glance at MarketWatch this morning and could scarcely believe my eyes…….. (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.
An Appropriate Share for Veterans Day
“Putting things in perspective: March 21st 2010 to October 1 2013 is 3 years, 6 months, 10 days. December 7, 1941 to May 8, 1945 is 3 years, 5 months, 1 day. What this means is that in the time we were attacked at Pearl Harbor to the day Germany surrendered is not enough time for this progressive federal government to build a working webpage. Mobilization of millions, building tens of thousands of tanks, planes, jeeps, subs, cruisers, destroyers, torpedoes, millions upon millions of guns, bombs, ammo, etc. Turning the tide in North Africa, Invading Italy, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Race to Berlin – all while we were also fighting the Japanese in the Pacific!! And in that amount of time – this administration can’t build a working webpage.”
Whiplash
I said on Friday morning that it was possible that the retracement low had been made on Thursday and while I though that was unlikely at the time I wrote it, the very strong reversal back up on Friday means that was most likely the case. You can see from the SPX 60min chart that the low on Thursday was a 23.6% fib retracement of the move up from 1646.47. If the double-top that broke down on Thursday has indeed failed, then I would expect new highs soon and for those new highs to be followed through. SPX 60min chart: (more…)
