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.

My Favorite Cephalophore

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Investors have been rampaging back into some of the most ravaged issues in recent days. One I’d like to point out is the fund HYG, which is the high-yield corporate bond ETF (in other words, a way to earn 2% interest while seeing 10% of your capital destroyed). Anyway, it’s getting tantalizing close to major resistance. I’m going to wait another day, but it’s worth a blip on your radar screen.

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Listen to Ether

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Looks like the Jim Cramers and Cathie Woods of the world are getting a much-needed break. Uh-huh. I suggest you pay attention to what’s going on with Ethereum. It is still weak, and if it starts seriously cutting loose to the downside, I think you’re going to see stocks do the same.

For obvious reasons, my enthusiasm about energy-related shorts has cooled substantially. I’ve got an important update for Gold and Platinum members in this post about the market in general.