Take a look at this monthly comparison chart of the S&P 500 Index (SPX) versus China’s Shanghai Index (SSEC). While the SSEC literally exploded during 2007 compared with the gains made by the SPX, and ma…
Today was by far my best day of 2019, thanks to Trump urinating all over the faces of the Chinese. That’ll go over well, I’m sure. Anyway, now that the China/US bridge is burned beyond recognition, things are getting interesting again. …
FEEDI’d like you to know about a new page, which is for options chain quotes. The information shown automatically is for the SPY front month. But you can enter any ticker, choose any expiration, and select whether to see calls, puts, or both. I w…
FEEDMost of us would agree that there are few industries as despicable as pharmaceuticals. Price-gouging, price-fixing, collusion, bribes, you name it. They try to put a halo around their heads in the name of “helping” people, but thereR…
FEEDFirst off, I want to apologize up, down, and sideways for the downtime this morning. I feel just terrible about it. Slope has been the victim of its own success. As we keep adding more features, and get more popular, we are getting kind of crushed …
Perhaps you have noticed the market lately has been jerked back and forth with more energy than we’ve seen in a long, long time. It looks like a photograph of a handsaw: Of course, this has all been a result of the trade talks breakdown betwe…
This weekend, I am going to present my short positions in an unusual fashion: by rationale, instead of simply grouped into alphabetical chunks. Some of these sets I’m sharing only with premium members (bronze, silver, gold, diamond – si…
The following graph of the U.S. Major Indices shows the percentages gained from January 1 to the highs that were made, so far, in 2019 (about a week ago). In my 2019 Market Forecast post of December 17, 2018, I reporte…
FEEDWhen $BTC (bitcoin) was at $3800, I did something very un-Tim-like and (1) said something nice about cryptocurrencies (2) made a long call. Specifically, I said bitcoin would head to $6,000. I was right………but not nearly “rig…
This weekend, I am going to present my short positions in an unusual fashion: by rationale
