Some of you may have seen this astonishing article in the Wall Street Journal (of all places). It is an amazing expose of the Fed’s QE program, inasmuch as an insider declares that it is, in his own words, “the greatest backdoor Wall Street bailout of all time.” (more…)
Note From Tim Knight: The post below is an unusual one for Slope, as you will soon see. I would not normally publish a post such as this, but I am doing so principally out of gratitude to BDI who has provided dozens of outstanding submissions in the past (to say nothing of his constant presence in the comment stream). However, because the post does allude to a business opportunity, I want it made absolutely crystal clear that the presence of this post is in no way an endorsement. I have absolutely nothing to do with the business at all, nor do I vouch for it or potentially benefit from it in any way. I am simply letting BDI had some Sunday air time to talk about something he’s doing and what I think are the fairly interesting facts behind it. Caveat Sloper!
The following is excerpted from the October 13 edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole. The segment followed a review of NFTRH’s big picture stance on gold vs. various assets positively correlated to the global economy. Specifically, the previous segment concluded that yes, the NFTRH big secular view is under threat by a technical analysis signal favoring US stocks over gold on the big picture per this monthly chart of SPX-Gold. NFTRH first began managing this as the bottoming pattern broke above its neckline and then the EMA 10 crossed above the EMA 20 for the first time since 2001. (more…)
Over the last few years I have written many articles on the financial markets. I focused very heavily during and since the financial crisis of 2008 since I, like many of you, watched in utter amazement as the markets crumbled while simultaneously the so-called “pillars” of Wall Street analysts went right along with it. (more…)
These words are used routinely ad nauseam by many marketers. However, they truly do have different meanings. Especially when being used to describe a brand.
One organization might want potential customers to respond with a knee jerk impression of cheap as in costs little to buy. Another might want the exact opposite response. i.e., Cheaper than it usually sells for. (more…)
