The past 48 hours have been some of the strangest trading in recent memory, as portrayed nicely here. I’m just sailing steadily, seeking new ideas and updating my stops. Here are five favorite short positions I wanted to share right now:
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.
A Favorite Interview
This is from nearly half a century ago, but it is the full interview of the legendary Marlon Brando with Dick Cavett. I find it fascinating, and frankly enjoy watching his behavior and mannerisms in real life even more than the characters he portrays. He is clearly an intelligent man with deeply-held values, and it’s a pleasure watching him with this rare openness.
Two Ring Circus
You enjoying this madness, Slopers? Up, down, up, down, and around and around we go. Absolute insanity, based on nothing but rumors, innuendo, and hearsay about a deal that will never happen and is absolutely meaningless. We are card-carrying members of Bizarre-o-World. Welcome!
Price Cream Cone
Hello from a tiny wooden table at the Whole Foods Market in San Mateo. I have yet another improvement for you on Slope: Price Cones. Here is the new menu item in SlopeCharts:
Hong Kong Phase 2
As a follow-up to this morning’s Hong Kong Phase 1 post, there is now more market action, thanks to the U.S. Congress taking an extraordinarily rare, virtually unanimous, opportunity to voice its support for Hong Kong. First it was the Senate, and now the House joins them. I mentioned this morning, ” The ES needs to crack 3100, however, to get a little more interesting.” Well, it has done so, and I think 3105 is a fairly important line in the sand on the ES.
