This is a pretty shocking chart. Looks like the act of getting married is in a huge bear market! Personally, I went long marriage at the age of 24 and have never closed the position.
Hooked Up!
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.
On the Dole
Municipal Bombs
The fund MUB, which is based on municipal bonds, has completed a powerful topping pattern. Its next step? Break the trendline. This is all just part of the overall malaise across the board with all interest-sensitive investments.
Space Admiral Musk!
In Gold Terms
Let’s take a step way, way, way back and look at the stock market from a multi-decade perspective. More importantly, let’s look at it in gold terms (no, I am not channeling Dennis Gartman!)
These four charts show major equity instruments divided by gold. It’s plain to see how well-formed, massive, and potentially disastrous every single one of these topping patterns looks. There is a staggering amount of “push-back” right now in the world of trading, with the universal declaration that the weakness in the market is already over. My contention? It’s got YEARS to go.
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