Slope of Hope Blog Posts

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Busy in Bermuda

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I’ll be on “vacation” (in quotes, obviously) but there’s lots going on.

ADDENDUM: I wrote this tiny post several days ago, just to give me some breathing room during my trip. Little did I know JUST how much would be “going on”. I cannot believe I’m going to be traveling during all this mayhem (oh plane WiFi, yeah, but c’mon, it is NOT the same as being surrounded by all my computers and monitors!!!!!!!!!!)

North American Brawl

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Welcome to the post-tariff world!

Although I have the ironic reality of heading to the airport in the morning, right around the time the market will be opening, I at least wanted to get a post out to get a “hot take” from the futures markets following the mayhem of this weekend.

The /ES, not surprisingly, took an instant triple-digit plunge. It isn’t melting down, because there’s the completely predictable chatter about “oh, Trump’s just playing 8-dimensional chess, and this is all going to be settled in a few days. Goldman Sachs sez so!” I dunno. We shall see. In the little bit of time I’ve spent putting this post together, the /ES has already bounced 24 points above its low.

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