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 Looming Tower

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For most of history, the sight of the sun rising in the east was the confirmation of a new day. In more recent days, the most reliable indicator is yet another permabullish story from Goldman’s mouthpiece, Zerohedge, which is suggesting to either “Buy or Buy“. Hard to believe what a sea-change happened to these guys. They have outdone Motley Fool in terms of ceaseless cheeringleading.

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Ethereum Break

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Remember crypto? Yeah, we all do. Anyway, take a look at the persistent #2 in that sector, Ethereum. It is worth one-quarter what it was a couple of years back (Raoul Pal’s preposterous predictions notwithstanding) and, importantly, has failed its right triangle pattern. This, to me, is just another tidbit in the growing body of evidence that assets are universally heading south, since the fever has broken.