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.

Shorting AI. Literally.

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I just bought puts on the symbol AI. I don’t know what they do. I don’t know who they are. Or what their opportunities are, or what their prospects are in the future, or what their favorite footwear is. And I don’t care. My hunch is that this organization’s principal asset is a really cool ticker symbol, and I think that’s just plain stupid. And I’m willing to put money on the line based on that perception, and little else.

That Funny Feeling

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You would think that I’d be facing this day with a certain amount of dread. After all, the bulls are all high-fiving one another, and public has fallen head-over-heels over anything to do with AI (since the whole crypto thing didn’t work out), and the /NQ futures are up hundreds of points. And, of course, the Queen of it all, Nvidia, is tapping on $400 and an immediate lifetime high at the opening bell.

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