The S&P 500 triggered a rare technical event today, gapping above both its 50D and 200D moving averages simultaneously.
— Aylo (@alpha_pls) April 8, 2026
This looked weird to me, so I did some digging.
Since 1950, this specific signal has occurred only four times. In every instance, the index faced significant… pic.twitter.com/opiqRX7SuD
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Wham, Bam, Sam!
The much younger AI company Anthropic, created from a few folks that left OpenAI, has created the rather awkward circumstance of surpassing their former employee in annualized revenues. Ouch!
Over the Moon
