Slope of Hope Blog Posts

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And Here Comes the Fed

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I suspect I’ll be busy dodging bullets for the afternoon, so I’m just going to toss up this fitting image to give me some breathing room while managing my positions through the tumult

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By the way, some of you have received spam from the SocialTrade system from a “Victorialilybabe@gmx.com” (or something like that). The system doesn’t “reveal” your email to anyone, although apparently it can still let junk like this find its way to you through SocialTrade. Rest assured we’ll track down this bug and nuke it.

Tallymarks for the Stalemate

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With Wednesday as “the big day” this month, I wanted to take a look at the recent intraday history of the /ES and consider winning points for bulls and bears alike. After all, in spite of the big swoosh higher the past couple of days, 2014 has been pretty much a stalemate. Here we are, nearly a quarter-done with the year, and the Dow is still down 0.45%. Of course, broader indexes are more impressive – the S&P 500 up about 2.25%, and the Russell 2000 is up nearly a full 5%. So here’s what I’m seeing for both “sides”: (more…)