Just about the only outlier in this stocks-go-up-no-matter-what market continues to be the consumer staples fund, which quite clearly has broken its wedge and is threatening a sustaining downtown. Seems like science fiction, but………honest!

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.
I wanted to share a trio of interesting long-term index charts that illustrate the smooth, well-defined channel over the past decade or so. Click on any chart for a much larger version.
