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.
Creaking Crypto
Cryptocurrencies have one true purpose, which is to serve as a ceaseless measurement of the animal spirits of the retail investing world. My view is that the already-battered crypto space, which has plunged by literally trillions already, is about to take another wretched leg down, which will be a delight to the eyes of the three bears left on Earth.
(more…)As I Wrap Up Our NC Home……
Crude Takes a Dump
At 4 this morning, my only concern was that crude oil was green in the face of equities being down hard. I have a lot of bearish energy plays, including puts on EWZ and XOP, so I want crude oil to be weak. Well, problem solved:
(more…)Powell’s Enormous Hole
Greetings from rainy, cicada-noisy, dog-loving North Carolina. In spite of sneering suggestions from a certain troll to reject “mysticism” and respect only “rationality“, I did try to give everyone the heads-up in my weird prophetic lunacy:
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