All it took was a single economic data point:
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.
Reality Bites
You may be wondering what all the yelling and screaming is about going on outside your window……….
Trade Talk Purgatory
Mercifully, there are only nine days left, from what I can tell, before this ridiculous flypaper of a market we’re stuck on can get let loose. By the end of next weekend (that is, October 13th), there should be some kind of meaningful news – – be it a deal, a divorce, or a never-ending pledge to talk about Real Soon Now – – that will let the markets roam for a bit. In the meanwhile, the ES is getting swatted at like a cat’s toy:
