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.

When Will the Gods Strike?

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This morning, the POTUS (who I suppose is closely monitoring GLOBEX quotes on the YM) tweeted this out:

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My first remark is……….the mainstream media seldom mentions? Actually, no, he’s right. I don’t think anyone in the mainstream media has said word one about equities for the past two or three years. It’s especially bizarre that CNBC makes no mention of the daily lifetime highs, since you would expect them to be kind of focused on it. Its mostly smalltalk and puzzlement as to why Gartman only seems to own three ties.

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Mr. Trump: You May Not Want To Take Credit For The Stock Market Just Yet

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Stock market is still bullish

If you have followed my analysis through the years, you would know that I have correctly been steadfastly bullish the stock market for quite some time.   In fact, I was one of the very few who expected the market to rocket higher even after Donald Trump won the election last year.

And, now, we are approaching the S&P 500 target in the 2500SPX region we expected to strike in 2017.  However, just because the market has rallied strongly after the election as we expected, it does not mean we expect it to continue into the next election season. And, let me explain why that is so important.

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