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.

The Hope of Slope

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Today was the first day in what feels like years that it felt good to be a bear. Everything about it went right, particularly the fact that every little attempt for the bulls to bid things up fizzled and died. It was like a tall glass of cool water in the middle of a scorching desert, with the disgusting, haggard face of Janet Yellen glistening in the sky like a Teletubbies episode viewed after ingesting Owsley LSD.

The ES has clearly broken its uptrend and has made a cute little topping pattern:

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My New Favorite Indicator

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Many of you know that, for quite a long time, I had a childish tantrum against fellow blogger Northman since, long ago, he managed to hurt my feelings (which, experience has shown, is easier to do than shooting fish in a barrel; I’m a sensitive soul). We buried the hatchet a while ago, and we’ve been having a torrid bromance ever since, staying in constant touch with each other.

Naturally, we’ve been weeping on each other’s shoulders lately, being disappointed time and again at the market’s machinations. Today, when we yet again were being enticed with a red number on the ES, Northy boldly declared to me:

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