And so we reach this regular pilgrimage of people buying stuff.
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.
The One to Watch Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning, an hour before the opening bell is the consumer price index report, which apparently the fate of the world depends upon. I would suggest the most important ETF to watch following this is the small caps, because this thing has the prospect of either completing its bullish base, which would basically kill the handful of bears that are still left, or, alternately, ruining this pattern thus giving the badly beleaguered bears some desperately needed help.
Drift
There will come a day when we (or at least I) will look back on this era and be amazed we got through it. Seriously, this is a drag deluxe. The government has made these markets untradeable except for buy-and-hold-tech-forever types. It’s honestly suffocating.
On that cheerful note, let’s take a look at these “markets” as we mark time, waiting for tomorrow morning’s CPI fiction. Over the past week, the /ES has slowly been working its way slightly lower in a series of lower highs.
Only Janitors are Safe!
So a world with more gardeners and fewer lawyers? Sign me up!
Palladium Zapped
Yikes. I remember how hot-to-trot everyone was about Palladium a few years ago. This has come full circle, having lost about two-thirds of its value!
