First off, this is definitely going to be the “lightest” day for me content-wise, as I am wrapping up my quasi-vacation, packing up, and making the long journey home. I appreciate everyone’s understanding! Things return to normal, such as they are, Tuesday morning. Second, for bears, the market is again in a “wait out the storm” mode, but below are a couple of interesting short-side plays once those gaps get filled: (more…)
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.
DFC Disaster Winner
Before the market opens each weekday, the first thing I do is a “disaster check” – that is, I see if any of my short positions are suffering big double-digit percentage gains due to an earnings blowout, a takeover, or what-have-you. These are pretty rare, but on occasion the opposite happens too: I get a disaster delight, like DLLR this morning. I came into the day short, having opened the position due to a terrific gap-fill, and it’s down 25% today. I covered and chalked up another victory to gap-fill trades. (more…)
Miners Ready to Short at Gap-Fills
The Easiest Way to Make Money
(a) Buy a ton of stock – in this case, AAPL
(b) Have a conversation with the CEO of the company;
(c) Tweet that you have done so (specifically, “Had a nice conversation with Tim Cook today. Discussed my opinion that a larger buyback should be done now. We plan to speak again shortly.”)
(d) Watch your holdings zoom higher in value (more…)
