Slope of Hope Blog Posts

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NQ Support Zone

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As delighted as I am to see the NQ getting wrecked, I want to caution any bears out there (in case there are still any left besides me) that this drop is really just wiping the foam off the beer. We are falling back toward what is fairly strong support, pointed out below at the price level 4,555. Until and unless we cut through that level (as I think we ultimately will), this is merely a “healthy pullback”, as the brain trust from CNBC might utter. And those yo-yos are right; what we need is a failed bullish breakout. We’ll get it, I think, but it’s going to take more than one lame conference call with AAPL to do it.

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Outside In

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Greetings from yet another happy hour – – this one in beautiful downtown Los Altos, California (which the Google boys pretty much own). I bid you greetings from behind a large glass of house red and a sampling of Greek appetizers. Opa!

Some of you wanted to get my “review” of Inside Out, which I saw with my beloved family this afternoon. In short, I thought it was terrific. This was no surprise, since I tend to like Pixar films anyway (Cars notwithstanding) and since I already had seen that, of all the Pixar films, this new one is pretty much the highest-rated.

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