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.
Today’s Silicon Valley News Headline
This is probably going to make for some awkward Thanksgiving conversation from now on.
Two Mighty Runs
Hello, Slopers, and remember today is a shortened trading day, with equities closing three hours before the normal time.
My “Big Short” for 2018 remains bonds. The bond market has, since May 18th, had a powerful push higher, but as I so often write, it’s all about context. The multi-decade uptrend has decisively broken, and my view is that this bounce is nothing more than a push back toward resistance.
Three Quick Pro Tips
On a day when the net change in the Dow Industrials was 0.15%, a bevy of important new trading ideas doesn’t exactly leap to mind. Instead, I’d like to share a trio of suggestions for Slopers who might have overlooked or forgotten about some nice features unique to the site.
Recent Items
New items get stacked into SocialTrade all through the day and night. To see the latest contributions, click here to see the thumbnails, and click on any of the thumbnail images to start paging through these little gems.
The Iron Lung
I shall refrain from the magnum opus of obscenities I would like to type right now and simply say: goodness gracious me, this market is annoying. Here’s what the NQ did from the opening bell forward:
