Slope of Hope Blog Posts

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Red in the Right Places

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We’ve got red futures quotes for the equity markets for a change, which is welcome. I must say, with all the trade announcements, the fact the market hasn’t BUDGED for over a week is kind of indicative of how little the market cares about the trade wars anymore.

These same announcements would have had us crashing back in early April, but as it is now, it’s just a giant shrug of the shoulders, as illustrated by the /NQ:

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The PALL Oddity

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I realize that trading hours can influence the net percentage change of different financial instruments, particular when it comes to precious metals. I was struck, however, by the fact that palladium futures are up 6.22% as of this moment whereas PALL is up only 4%. I then decided to look at a ratio chart of the two, which I figured would be a straight line across the screen, but……….nope. Any ideas on this strange relationship?