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.

The Burp is Back

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Oh, for cryin’ out loud……….

I’ve written about Tupperware (TUP) countless times, but I thought this thing and its horse were last seen fading off in the horizon. That was true until a couple of weeks ago, when the meme crowd, having lost their latest pipe dream of Bed Bath & Beyond, turned their attention to TUP, of all things, and pushed its volume up ONE HUNDRED FOLD and pushed its price up HUNDREDS of percent in just a few days.

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Mamas and Papas Monday

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Well, another completely red Sunday night session has magically turned green, which echos what I concluded from Sunday’s Totally Bullish post. Nothing tells the story of the past year quite like the weekly VIX chart, which is basically a giant semi-circle, taking us from 13 to nearly 40 and then back down again. If you stand back far enough, it’s like a gigantic bearish frown.

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