Just like lumber did a few years ago, Cocoa was thrust into the news for being so incredibly expensive. Once everyone was chattering about it, it cratered with a record fall.
A Dump on the Hershey Highway
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.
Mythical Misnomer
I thought a unicorn was supposed to be an amazingly rare beast? In the business world, not so much anymore. Inflation, I guess?
Is the Fed Spread Back?
I was intrigued by the prominent article on the permabull site Zerohedge announcing that on Monday (today) markets would explode higher thanks to the actions of the most evil person on the face of Earth, Janet Yellen. I decided to dig deeper into this, and I found this helpful thread. It’s a long, clumsy read to go through it (how’s that for a soft sell?) but you might want to click it and attempt to understand it. It’s a bit of a slog.
Super Micro Macro
Super Micro (SMCI), a formerly ignored server manufacturer, exploded into prominence thanks to the AI fad. As we approach gap closure, this sucker is going to be extremely vulnerable to a smack-down.
Falling Dollars
Over the past month, I’ve mentioned “dollar stores” as appealing bearish candidates. Those are clicking along nicely. First we have symbol DG, which is Dollar General:
