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(Links to Part One – Two – Three – Four)
I started this series with the stated goal as to make not only entrepreneurs, or people with an entrepreneurial mindset rethink, or realign their thought processes. But more importantly; to get what I believe are far too few as to question exactly where, and what, true relevancy their data points provide. (more…)
As we put 2013 into the rear view mirror and focus our attention towards the horizon in front of us. I believe this coming year will be full of far more surprises than the preceding. And, quite possibly, even rival the past five. Why? (more…)
This year, as with all years, has had plenty of both good and bad (and I will incidentally pledge to you that I will never, ever, as long as I live, give a post the title “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly”, since it has to be the most overused, hackneyed, tiresome article titles in human history). But I digress: what I was saying was that 2013 utterly sucked for the bears (which makes it remarkably similar to, oh, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009) but was pretty good for The Slope of Hope. (more…)
Dear Tim and Slopers far and wide, thank you for giving me a quality venue to post my market views. I wish all of you the very best Christmas and holiday season imaginable. I really like this site and am indeed a Slope+ user, which only adds to the experience. Too much of the financial media complex is little more than an unthinking and robotic hype machine. –Gary (more…)
There’s an old saw that you should “dance like no one is watching” (and I strongly suspect most Slopers have the same fondness of going out on the town and dancing as I do: that is, none).
I was reminded of this phrase since we are approaching the Fed announcement this Wednesday. I confess to being apprehensive about the event. It will, in all likelihood, define the behavior of the market for the rest of 2013 and probably bleed into the first part of 2014 as well. I think it’s a fairly big deal. (more…)
