The last four of my TSLA predictions came true. Here’s a fifth attempt: today will be the end of its counter-trend rise.
Flip That T Around
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.
NQ Resistance Pierced
Well, the tech bulls did it; the /NQ futures have pushed above a line that has proved to be formidable resistance for weeks, until this morning:
Life Can Be Fine In That Old 69
Well, as 2021 heads toward its end, the market has its 69th record high looming on this first day of the last week. Starting last Monday, the /ES has been marching up a steady ascent with the accuracy of a Swiss timepiece. The red line you see is the former intraday high on the futures, which is millimeters away at this point.
The Very Best of 2021 (Part 1 of 7)
Preface to all parts: It’s that time of year again. I have written over 30,000 posts during the long history of Slope, and at the end of each year, I gather up what I consider the best of the prior year’s offerings. At the end of every year, I assume I’m utterly out of material, and yet at the same time, I look back with amazement at all the terrific posts from the year that has just completed. I’m not sure how long I can keep this up, but my concerns of content exhaustion have been proved wrong since March 2005. For your reading pleasure, I offer the following Best of 2021 Posts:
Cover to Cover
The juxtaposition of Silicon Valley virtue-signaling with reality
My Life as a Stand-Up
How my job is almost identical to stand-up comedy
The Peanut Butter Manifesto
Reflections on China and their efforts to control their citizens
Harmony at Gunpoint
An examination of the outstanding We Have Been Harmonized book
The Legend of D.F.V.
A deep look at the guy who made his fortune on GME
Deadbeats
My experience as a landlord with people who refuse to pay
Box of Memories
An old box unveils some good memories
I Love My Airsnake!
OK, this is going to be an unusual post. It has nothing to do with charts, or finance, or theology, or philosophy, or my personal life. It has to do with a hardware product called the Milwaukee M12 Airsnake.
There are three relevant facts here: (1) I’ve had problems for years with slow drains and, sometimes, totally clogged drains, which in some cases has caused some terrible domestic disasters (2) I am not at all handy (3) In spite of not being handy, I’m cheap, so I prefer fixing themselves myself instead of paying a professional.
I finally found my salvation: the Airsnake. This thing is basically an air compressor which blows the literal and proverbial shit right outta the water. I absolutely love this thing. There are few sounds sweeter than the GLUG GLUG GLUG of a bathtub (or toilet!) that is finally flowing freely without being backed up. I figure a few of you out there might have similar problems, and I just wanted to say this is one of the best things I’ve ever bought for myself.
