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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.
Statutory Rate
In case you haven’t heard, interest rates have had a slight uptick in recent months. Please observe the up-to-date rate charts below and be amazed (and brace yourself for when your monthly mortgage payment is adjusted):
If You’re Right……
I’d like to trot out our old friend IYR (real estate ETF) once again as a prospective short-sale candidate (or, in my case, long puts, as I did acquire those today). The little fellow has sealed its gap (and then some). I confess, some ETFs are acting a bit stronger than I expected (I’m looking at you, XLV), but hope springs eternal in the bearish breast.
Spirits Fizzle
Just as I was obsessed with the price level of 1706 on Ethereum (which turned out to be awfully important), so too have I been watching the horizontal on $ETH which constitutes a powerful bullish pattern. It was quite interesting this weekend that, yes, it did break above that level with a touch of drama, but it virtually instantly reversed.
Stupid Stoners
In my never-ending question to alienate everyone, I’ve occasionally ticked off a Sloper or two by castigating the marijuana sector. This was, of course, a red-hot investing space a few years ago (top-ticked by James Altucher hopping on the bandwagon), but it has clearly fallen out of favor.
I was reminded of this today by the fact that the ticker symbol MAPS was at a lifetime low. It turns out this is yet another SPAC disaster in the form of a company called WeedMaps.
