My keyboard was acting a little funny, so I decided to get a replacement. This was the keyboard price I paid a few years ago…….a little over $60:
THIS is the exact same keyboard today. No thank you!
Thanks, Biden!
Keyboard Inflation
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.
Right on the Money
Yesterday morning we got the CPI. This morning, we got the PPI. Every single Forecast was matched to the exact, precise level with the Actual number. Spooky how this government data works, isn’t it? Sure is nice to live in a country with almost no inflation! Garsh!
With Swiss Precision
The hysterically predictable CPI numbers came out, and with the accuracy of a fine Swiss watch. I will tell you once more, you are expected to believe inflation is a mere 2.6%. Yep.
Amana Radar Range
For months, the VIX has ambled between 14 (utter complacency) and 24 (what counts as “fear” in this government-wet-nurse environment.). We are at the bottom of the range right now.
Strange Days on US Treasuries
In my last post on oil and natural gas I was talking about starting to do a post every week or two reviewing a single instrument that I cover in my futures and currencies charts on multiple timeframes to sketch out the higher probability paths going forward. This is the first of those posts, apart obviously from my earlier posts on oil and nat gas. I’ll be aiming to do one of these posts every week.
This week I’m going to look at a very important inflection point that looks likely to be coming up on US treasuries over the next few months to a year. I wrote in January on the TNX daily chart below that I was expecting a possible topping pattern to form, either a double top or an H&S after a test of the obvious possible H&S neckline at 32.53.
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