
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.
Another Bell Curve
I can’t believe it’s never occurred to me to ask how old Slopers are, but Roz did so last night. The results were interesting, since it draws out a bell curve (crudely speaking). I’ve flipped this sucker 90 degrees so it’s more clear. So if anyone wonders the age of Slopers………it’s “working age.”

Twitter Sucks
I have many, many bones to pick with Twitter, not the least of which is their hodgepodge of primitive technology, outdated documented, and completely broken infrastructure (but hey, at least they paid their chief censor $17 million last year, right?) Here we have Jordan Peterson tearing them several new ones:
Keep Feeling Oscillation
This was more relevant early this morning before our melt-up, but it still holds true: I’ve seen many mentions lately about how the McClellan Oscillator is more oversold than it has been all year long, and surely this must mean the market bottom. Allow me to offer this chart from 1987, and in particular where the chap is pointing out a similarly Most Oversold EVER McClellan for all to see. I have tinted this point on the price chart in yellow. As you can clearly see, all that happened afterward was that the market “burned off” the oversold nature of the market and, soon enough, completely crashed into oblivion. Just sayin’.
