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.

Tesla Guess

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Psychologically, I think the most important earnings report after today’s close will be Tesla (TSLA). I have no position in this (except inasmuch as my beloved son has a gazillion options), but my dumb guess is that it’ll go up, based on its relationship to its Fibonacci level and the fact that this price level has been good support for months. If I’m wrong, look out below, because there’s zilch holding this thing up. But honestly, I’d be stunned if that happened. We shall soon see, and I’ll update this post accordingly.

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Out of Energy

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I give up. These energy shorts just aren’t working out, and everything else is. I’ve gotten rid of them all, except for CPE, which seems fine still. That’s my only energy position now. Just, again, to be clear, I used to be a big energy bear, but the sector is far too strong for my liking, so I have one and only one energy position (CPE) remaining. Here is XOP over the past couple of days:

Treasury “Securities”

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There was a time when the most conservative, boring, made-for-old-people investment was Treasury Bonds. Thanks to the pathetic needs of equity bulls, and their childish desire to be given gains every single month, the government has gone helplessly into debt for the sake of the Adam Neumanns and David Portnoys of the world. Thus, the performance of bonds resembles that of a biotech startup.

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