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.

QE Rhymes (by Springheel Jack)

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I've been mentioning the comparison with the start of QE2 almost every day since QE3 was announced. QE2 was also trailed in advance, with a steep rise into the announcement, a break up on the announcement over the daily bollinger bands on SPX, and then a short term high there that was followed by a retracement. Obviously SPX in the wake of the QE3 announcement has been following the same script so far, and that may well continue, as the stats for Mondays recently, and also for this week historically, are both flat to down. Here's the chart of the QE2 period showing the post QE2 announcement retracement on SPX:

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The Four Macro Horsemen of the Apocalypse……Evil Plan 85.0 (by BDI)

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The gloomy galloping global marco monetary picture of our times has been discussed ad infinitum at this point, and four deft distinctly defined models have now clearly emerged, laying out the most probable route taken to our ultimate unenviable dystopia. These dreaded dire dangerous paths have been best championed by the following fabulous forecasters; David Stockman, Jim Rickards, John Maudlin & Ray Dalio.  I have dubbed them the four macro horsemen of the coming apocalypse.  Out of the furious fab four, only Ray Dalio riding the dark horse on the right, handily holding a weighing balance dubiously dangling in mid air, believes we could possibly avoid a dooms day debacle.  Although even he has warned that it is a painful perilous long winding road we travel down, full of potential precarious pitfalls.
 

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Taxes and The Case of Paying More or Less (by Mark St.Cyr)

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Over and over across every conceivable media outlet one headline is
carried far more repeatedly than a Lindsey Lohan arrest. “Raising taxes
on higher income earners.”

Personally I’ve grown tired of all I hear from far too many in the
media and people in general. Most arguments have bordered on pathetic –
and I believe I’m being charitable.

Most say (or think) they understand this issue, however it’s fairly
obvious once they start speaking – they don’t. When one tries to engage
the logic (or lack of) they get shouted down or brushed off. This
discussion mirrors when parents and teenagers argue why or why not to be
grounded. It’s all just emotions gone wild. Leaving most entrepreneurs
unable to open their mouths as to defend wrongly placed assumptions or
accusations.

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