Looks like the Midwest excels at basic academic achievement. Southwest Texas? Not so much.
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.
Pushing Into Peril: Two
We approach the day of peril on Wednesday! I have 33% of my account in cash reserves, and I won’t deploy it until Thursday morning, once the FOMC insanity is done. In the meanwhile, here are my eight bearish positions in my secondary account:
(more…)Pushing Into Peril: One
We approach the day of peril on Wednesday! I have 33% of my account in cash reserves, and I won’t deploy it until Thursday morning, once the FOMC insanity is done. In the meanwhile, here are my eight bearish positions in my main account:
(more…)I’d Buy That for a Dollar!
At long last, Mississippi comes out on top.
Gobbling Garlic Cloves
The symbol $SPXEW/$SPX is a ratio chart which divides the equal-weighted S&P 500 by the “normal” oh-so-heavily weighted S&P 500. It illustrates market breadth. In a perfect world, it would be a flat line, showing that all 500 stocks were moving up and down perfectly together. Instead, the ratio chart shows a severely degrading situation, emphasizing the eroding breadth of the market.
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