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.

Final Pre-CPI Look

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I’m sorry this post is on the late side. The excitement of yet-another-dog (albeit temporary) in my life has occupied quite a lot of time. So – – on to the business at hand.

I hate to say it, but tomorrow is a make-or-break day. At the risk of being simple-minded and dichotomous, I think tomorrow we either (a) begin a meaningful new counter-trend rally or, God willing, (b) have the kind of shock event which, at long last, sends the /ES vaulting beneath support. If I had any sense, I’d be scared to pieces about tomorrow morning, but I’m oddly sanguine.

Below are fifteen charts of key ETFs. I’ve got a few things to say about each one, which I’ve put in the caption area. The first three will get us started, and the final dozen are visible only for paying members. So here we go.

Here we have the worldwide stocks (sans North America) has has been a sensationally-clean top. What’s fascinating is that the progression lower has been steady, relentless, and almost perfectly cyclic. A new leg lower seems just around the corner.
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The Forrest Mile

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Back in my college days, my girlfriend (now wife) and I would go out to the movies constantly. This was pre-Netflix, but even so, I’m glad we were the last generation that HAD to go out to theatres to actually watch new movies. It was a great education.

That was a long time ago, and there are many fine movies I have never seen. I decided to remedy that fact in a tiny way by watching The Green Mile, which came out nearly a quarter-century ago, and yet this was my first viewing.

I enjoyed it (although it was, at over three hours, much longer than most films), but while I was watching it, I couldn’t help but be struck with the Forrest Gump/Green Mile parallels. I haven’t even bothered looking, and I’m sure this has probably been discussed to death for decades, but my own first impression revealed to me these connections:

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