For all of Disney’s woes, here’s an interesting examination of how far off the mark they were with respect to their projections for their Disney+ streaming service.
The Hazard of Extrapolation
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.
Successful Long Trade
I did a premium post shortly after the opening bell yesterday that was very un-Tim for two reasons. (1) It was a BUY (2) it was bullish on BONDS!
Back to Energy
I believe it was LZ who mentioned last night how interesting energy might be as a bearish opportunity, since it had fallen so out of favor with the bears. True! In point of fact, two of my put positions I dumped yesterday (Schlumberger and Marathon) would have been just FINE to hang on to, since they have reversed handsomely. In any case, I still think there is opportunity here, so I have re-entered both of them (at worse prices, obviously).
Pretty Cool Economy
The Fed’s favorite inflation data point was just released, and it came in ice cold. Ostensibly, it was up a mere 0.1% for the month, which was half the level that was forecast.
