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.

Thursday Follies

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By an obscure codicil of federal statute, I cannot end the day with a post griping about my XLU trade. Thus, even though God knows I’ve created plenty of new content for you people, I’ll bang out one last one. Naturally, it’s about Thursday’s data release (which, let’s face it, may be the last one for a while if the government shutters!)

Janet Yellen’s checkbook is nice and fat…….

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Diamond Eyes

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I am inclined to apologize for my persistent navel-gazing about my XLU trade, but it merits examination, and there are lessons to be learned.

I was curious when I discovered – – and I use the word “discovered” very deliberately, since I’m exceptionally good at spotting patterns with my eyes/brain combo that computers simply cannot do – – the diamond pattern in the Utilities. It seems to me it took place way back on May 16, 2023.

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