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.
Back in Brazil
This, for me, is a rare short-dated speculative bet, but I bought January 31 $25 puts on EWZ. This is a fantastic H&S top, and I’m not sure if it’ll reverse fast enough for 1/31, which is why it’s a small bet. All the same, these puts are crazy, crazy cheap, so I’m going to give it a shot.
Emotional ETFs Ahead
Thrill, Baby, Thrill
Straight Down!
One would think this morning’s ice-cold PPI numbers would send bonds rocketing higher. Nope, the five-year bear market in bonds (I say again – -why can’t we have a world in which I can type those words about the EQUITY market??) continues apace, as vividly illustrated by the fund TMF, which is the leveraged bullish fund.
