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.
Last Fed Spread of the Year
One of the (many) advantages of a Gold or Platinum membership is access to Layered Charts. One of the (many) uses of Layered Charts is what I call the “Fed Spread” which ostensibly predicts where the S&P 500 should be in a couple of weeks’ time. Here, hot off the press, are the component parts:
Large & In Charge
The Wayward Fish
I just took a glance at my portfolio spreadsheet, where I also keep a record of the options positions I have closed to see what happened with them afterward. As you might guess, many of them continued to throw off profits, some of them into the triple digits. Of the top three, two of them are no surprise – – AMZN and TSLA – – since I told those puts way too soon. But the biggest “fish that got away” of them all is much less well-known, which is Lincoln Savings (LNC) whose ability to plunge after tops is in its nature.
It’s a Gas Gas Gas
I’ve got to say, the sinewave I laid down on natural gas early this year has been incredibly prescient.
