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.

Gold Bears Out of the Woodwork and Into Your Head?

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You know what I mean… the rising tide of gold bearish articles now
flooding the blogosphere.  Smart writers far and wide schooling gold
bugs about how gold is going to 1400 or even 1200 as the economy
strengthens and the disaster premium is removed or as a deflationary
spiral takes hold.  Talk about opposite ends of a spectrum from which to
bear talk the monetary metal.

Yes guys, gold became sponsored by the dumbest, most knee jerky money on the planet… 1.5 years ago
at the height of the euro crisis!  Now you pile on and try to school
the masses on contrarian theory?  It really looks a lot like trend
following and wanna be heroism to me.  But whatever.

So where were these contrarians in summer, 2011 when when people
should legitimately have been concerned about gold’s dangerous sentiment
structure due to the big knee jerk into the metal?  Where were the
know-it-alls just after the recent QE3 when this was inserted into our
newsletter?…


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Money Flow for January Week Two (by Strawberry Blonde)

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Further to my last weekly market update, this week's update will look at:

  • 6 Major Indices
  • 9 Major Sectors
  • Ratio Charts comparing the SPX to other Major World Indices
  • Fed Monetary Stimulus Program "Canaries"
  • Social Media Stocks and RIMM
  • U.S. $
  • 30-Year Bonds
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***PLEASE NOTE that in the interest of conserving space on this post, I've provided links only to my charts and graphs again this week.
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A Little T and A (by Mark St.Cyr)

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I know there are thousands of you who are technical wizards at
charting or what is now known as T.A. (technical analysis) Myself, I’m
pretty adept. Like many I decided to take over my own finances when the
so-called “experts” back in late 2007 early ’08 proved without a shadow
of a doubt they had absolutely no clue.

So like many I’ve read the books, went to countless classes, and have
had the added benefit of reading or listening to the thoughts of many
that post right here. Although one might not agree with every viewpoint
or conclusion given. The reasoning behind the “why” for their
interpretations is (in my view) the most important part.

So with that said I would like to take a break from the usual and
just share a few thoughts and analysis. (T and A) I offer this because I
believe many of us just need a break from the screens, talking heads,
or politicians to just have a moment to express some thoughts away from
the beaten path. It’s a New Year, so with a coffee in hand here’s a few
things like the song: “Makes you go hmmmm…”

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