The space sector continues to rocket higher, thanks to excitement about the SpaceX IPO.
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.
Added These Three
After sifting through all my charts, I decided to sell short these three equities to add to my portfolio.
Leaping Lemurs!
Among her many other talents, my beloved daughter is a superb photographer. Here are some pictures she took over the weekend of the lemurs roaming around the Duke Forest:
Peak Stupid
Semiconductors again, people. Every day! You want to buy this stuff? Go right ahead! But this is a sick fever, and it’s going to end. Maybe today. Maybe tomorrow. But when the music stops, there’s going to be a rush for the exits.
Cold Comfort Tim
There seem to be some consistent realities in the market recently:
- If there’s good news (even made-up) about Iran, the market blasts higher;
- If there’s bad news about Iran, the market slips a tiny bit initially and then recovers all the same;
- Semiconductors lurch higher every day;
- I remain 100% short, no matter what slings and arrows are hurled at me;
- My portfolio creeps higher
That last bit is both strange and encouraging. I well recognize all other Slopers have given up (under the guise of “ya gotta play both sides”, but they’re only on the bull side), but not me.
I’m not playing along, and the freakish ability of my portfolio to get a little stronger each day is both heartening and weird. Want to buy Micron? I won’t get in your way.
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