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.

Hadrian’s Walls

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Happy Tuesday, everyone.

I was bracing myself for this morning. Let’s face it, with the Dow losing nearly 2,000 points in a matter of days, a vicious counter-trend rally was bound to happen. And, indeed, the market opened up quite strong.

However, the damage to my incredibly short portfolio wasn’t too bad. Down 1%. And then it started healing. And, as I type this, the ES and NQ are still up huge, but my champs are profitable! So hurrah for good stock picks, amiright? Thank YOU, SlopeCharts!

Anyway, I think we are in an ADVANTAGE: BEARS type situation now and there is a heroic wall of overhead supply on every blessed index there is. Added to which, Bonds and Gold continue to do GREAT, and my bullishness on them is unabated.

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Trade War Battles Escalate As The Alligator Bites

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My post of July 14 discussed the trade war between China and the US and the effects it was having on China, in particular. Since that date, I added several important updates on that post, which are definitely worth reading…the latest one was earlier today (Monday).

The following World Stock Markets heat map shows the major losses incurred by world markets at their respective closes today…not a pretty picture.

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