Just for fun, here’s a favorite clip from one of the Star Trek movies (I’m pretty sure it’s The Voyage Home). Spock has essentially been reborn and ha to relearn all the relevant knowledge. In the scene, Spock is being quizzed by a group of computers and is blasting through all the answers (being such a smart Vulcan and all), but he is stopped cold by the simple question: How Do You Feel? It’s a funny, poignant scene to which perhaps a few of us can relate.
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.
43 and Me (Part 3)
Preface to all four parts: I am presently short forty-three different equities, and I wanted to share them all with you. I’ve got 20 to share with all members and the other 23 for gold and diamond members only. As always, click on any chart for a large version, and use the right and left arrow icons on the big chart to navigate through the entire set.
Cycles for the Week
Light Crude Oil Breakout Imminent
Senator Lindsey Graham unleashed a series of tweets Saturday morning after learning of drone attacks on Saudi oil refineries.
I’ve yet to hear whether the Saudis will blame/have blamed Iran for the attacks and whether war will eventually be declared against them. It’s been reported that, “Houthi rebels – who are backed by Iran in a yearslong Saudi-led war against them in Yemen – have reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks and have vowed that further attacks could be expected in the future.”
(more…)Greatest Hit
When I have a post I think is especially good, or at least interesting, I cross-post it over on ZeroHedge. This probably only happens about 2% of the time. The most recent cross-post I did was about how few day traders make money. Here on Slope, it was called Teller Yourself (link here), although I called it “I’m Gonna Get Rich!” on ZH, since I have to be a little more on-the-nose in that part of the web.
What is striking to me is how popular the post is. Typical contributor posts get a handful of views and almost no comments. Observe the item below. You can see the posts flanking mine got maybe 100 views and a total of 1 comment. For my own, I am approaching 30,000 views and 70 comments. Clearly, I’ve struck a chord.
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