Feeling frustrated? Bored? It isn’t you. It’s the market. Check out the QQQ. It has been stuck in a pint-sized range for ten solid trading days. Maddening, isn’t it?
Trapped
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.
Burgeoning Bulls
Here are some charts that appear to be forming bullish bases (as always, click for a bigger version, particularly since you’ll be able to see the name and symbol in the upper left corner):
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Be Semi-Alert!
And the P This Time
I think they’ve put in yesterday’s film real. That is to say, (i) hotly-anticipated number (ii) number comes out precisely like the bulls want (iii) rally (iv) fade. Anyway, the PPI was the belle of the ball today, instead of yesterday’s CPI, and it came in absolutely ice cold. Deflation is good, kids! Yay!
Jobsian Reflections
Earlier this week, I did a post to let everyone know that the free online book Make Something Wonderful was finally available. It is a compilation of a hodgepodge of emails, speeches, photos, and anecdotes related to Steve Jobs. I looked at all the pictures immediately, and in the evening I took the time to really read through the text. It was an absolute pleasure. The text starts off with this quote; I had never thought about how creating something is a way to “transmit” anything, but it makes abundant sense. As a person who has tried in his life to create a few ‘wonderful” things, it warms my heart.
