From over thirty years ago, a favorite movie of mine – – Talking Heads’ True Stories – – seems to have neatly predicted the world we’re living in today, as well as its conspiratorial paranoia. (“You got your CBS. And your ABC. You got Time and Newsweek. They’re the same to me.“) Once again, life imitates art.
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.
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
My latest issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities showed up in the mail today, and I was delighted to see this on the cover:
Ken Burns and Vietnam
Those of you who are Netflix subscribers have no doubt seen the description of the Vietnam War documentary on there. Ken Burns created it, and although I had seen the “link” for it dozens of times, I never bothered to delve into it.
Okay, We GET It!
Apparently there is nothing going on in the world more important than this milestone.
Oh, I See
This morning, I was delighted to see the screen covered in red. A Sloper made the snarky remark that me declaration of my shortness would surely mark the bottom. Well, irked as I was by the rude comment, he turns out to be right, although, to the credit of my stock picks, I’m only down 0.3% in the face of a giant rally (particularly cool since I’m very leveraged).
My annoyance at the market’s sudden reversal was initially mixed with confusion, until I saw………..THIS:
As long as this guy has media attention, I’m afraid the bear market doesn’t stand a chance.
