Good Lord………….
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.
Logo Evolution
I actually love stuff like this – – great fun to see designs change. I actually remember that first Amazon logo! And, good Lord, that new HP logo is awful!
Netflix Follow-Through
The big earnings event on Thursday afternoon was Netflix, and although it had a brief heart attack (in red, below) generally speaking the stock was heading lower, which is precisely what I guessed based on no particular reason.
Netflix on Deck
Now that earnings season is back, we can start to anticipate some of the more notable reports. This afternoon comes Netflix (NFLX). What I’ve done with the chart below is tinted the aftermath of prior earnings reports. On the whole, the stock goes up for weeks afterward (yellow) although there was a single exception (magenta). I have absolutely no position in NFLX, but my completely stupid, baseless hunch is that the stock will surprise everyone to the downside. Let’s see!
Rat Resistance
Disney lost 60% of its value from its lifetime high to last autumn. That’s a pretty shocking fall for such a large, well-known company. Since then, it has recovered by going up 50%, but my view is that this recovery is done.
