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.

So How High?

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Glancing at the recent price activity of the /ES, it would be easy to shrug one’s shoulders and assume that things just keep slip sliding away. Now, I am creating this post several hours before the futures open on Sunday afternoon, so I have no idea what those quotes are going to look like, but as I sit here prior to the week starting, I am banking on (and hoping for) some strength early on.

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Vivek and Jordan

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As cautious as I am about any political talk on my beloved Slope, I wanted to share this new interview. We all know that the purported two candidates for next year’s Presidential election are nothing short of awful, each in their own wretched way. This nation desperately needs new blood. I’m not necessarily saying this is the guy, but he sure says a lot of things I like, and thank God there’s a chance of ANYONE else besides Immoral Moron and the Brainless Crypt-keeper as the only possibilities.