I confess, I haven’t heard of most of these. State Grid? That sounds like a perfect made-up name for a corporate in China. Giant. Cold. Unfeeling. Brutal. And I bet there’s no equivalent of “People of Walmart” for State Grid!
Sino-American Giants
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.
Colliding Waves (by Silver Singularity)
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Hey Slopers, happy new year and I’m back with some crispy food for you!
This is certainly the most interesting time since I’ve been in the markets, I think we are at a very critical time and let me explain why:
Here we are back at all time highs for the three big indexes after a rapid digestion of the pullback we had this summer, pullback that was once again driven by long term rates.
And today you know the narrative: “soft landing, rates are going down because the inflation fight is over and the FED is going to be our friend again so we’re so back baby!”
Btw the bond market has become such a holy temple of volatility nowadays that it has become a little scary. Crazy how the market has been getting used to it at first glance.
(more…)So Why Does AMD Have a 1400 P/E?
Honestly, this guy is the King of Kings and the Host of Hosts when it comes to AI, and even his admonitions that peope are out of their minds isn’t making any difference.
Now I Own the Whole Phrase
I would hope that everyone here is well acquainted with the classic bromide about financial markets: “They climb a wall of worry and slide down a slope of hope.” The more perceptive among you figured out a while ago that the domain name for my beloved little corner of the Internet comes from that phrase. That’s one reason, I would suppose, that the site is perceived as bearish.
A while back, I noticed that the domain wallofworry.com was for sale. I almost bought it, but I decided it was just a silly waste of money (similar to my purchase of knight.club which, let’s face it, is a cool URL). Anyway, I checked again this morning, and the price has dropped enough that I couldn’t resist. So, people of the world, I now own both URLs and, thus, the whole flippin’ expression!
An Intriguing Divergence
I stumbled upon a creation called the Euphoriameter which uses a combination of sentiment, PE ratios, and the VIX to offer an overall composite about how giddy folks are about buying stocks. It’s close to its highs right now, but far more interesting to me is how the stock market is making lifetime highs whereas the Euphoriameter, to date, has simultaneously made a lower high. Take note the similar divergence would took place in 2008.
