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.
Time to Buy
No, not everything. But, I think, this………..
Spike in Yields Isn’t China Dumping Treasuries
Whirling Worrywart
Yesterday was perhaps the best trading day of my life, particularly with respect to timing and psychological management. For that reason, I hardly slept at all. I went to bed worried. I woke up every hour worried. And I got up worried. I was practically shaking when I fired up my iPad and was relieved to see the equity futures all still red (although not as much as they had been). What’s on my mind is straight from my trading rules:
VIII. EMOTIONAL AWARENESS IS YOUR GREATEST ASSET – Feeling super-confident and giddy? You should probably be in all cash. Feeling demoralized, frustrated, and out of synch? You’re probably close to a great entry point.(more…)
Consigned to Flames of Woe
This is genius, pure and simple. Not just the movie clip, which is brilliant, but the person who augmented it with the musical notation. I am not a musician, nor have I ever had a knowledge of music theory beyond the basics, but I found this to be nothing less than captivating.
