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.

SPX Bull/Bear Battle Zone

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Shown on the following weekly chart of the S&P 500 Index (SPX) is a one-period moving average (hlc/3) in the form of a blue cross.

As such, each cross represents weekly support and resistance levels. I’ve chosen to highlight a zone/range taken from the moving average from the week of March 2 (resistance at 3003.54) to the week of April 6 (support at 2727.65). The midway level is 2865.

The Balance of Power (BOP) currently lies with the sellers on this weekly timeframe.

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Palo Alto’s Newest Look

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I’ve lived in Palo Alto my entire adult life. The main drag in town is called University Avenue, which is sort of the Rodeo Drive of the area, with expensive, high-rent retail spaces. This weekend, I took a quick drive down this street, which was a glistening mecca of gold-plated retail just a few months ago, and took the following pictures. I can’t remember the last time I saw even one For Lease sign on this avenue prior to 2020, but just look at this………….

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Survey Says!

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I did a couple of surveys recently whose results I wanted to share. The first was the “what color is this shoe?” that RuffPups introduced us to. It looks like 3/4ths of Slopers saw green and gray (which I believe means left-brained) and 1/4th saw pink and white (which is right-brained). Given the extremely slight, almost too-small-to-measure male skew here, I’m surprised it wasn’t even more tilted.

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