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.

For Now

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I’ve got to say, I was exceptionally disappointed in the market on Wednesday. I’m not trying to be dramatic or provocative. I am seriously, seriously pissed-off, disappointed, and feel utterly cheated. It’s infuriating when EVERY single sign points clearly to a nice, hearty, red day, and then for NO reason at ALL, the market rallies all goddamned day long. It makes me sick, and frankly my interest in this market is plunging to never-before-seen depths. Honestly.

With that cheerful intro, let’s look at the after-hours action. And that’s kind of my point. What DIFFERENCE does it make? Seriously. The fact that IBM is down hard right now, for example, apparently doesn’t mean a thing. It may rally huge tomorrow based on, what, I dunno, the smell of Yellen’s feet? Honest to God, people, there’s just no rhyme or reason anymore. I would have never, ever assumed Wednesday would recover as it did. It’s sickening.

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Proof I Love You More Than They Do

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As most of you know, the NYSE completely crapped the bed yesterday and slathered the financial world with bad trades and bad data. We here at Slope are suffering because of their screw-up. I am here to save the day, however, and am going to do 500, yes 500, manual fixes. This is how I spend MY time making sure my product is devoid of the total shit that the NYSE threw at all of us. Here, for instance, is VZ with their crap data.

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