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.

Mistakes I Made (by AlgoTradeAlert)

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Trading Mistakes I Made in My Career

Do Not Trade Based on Any Stock Market Direction Predictions or Pivot Dates: No one can predict with certainty what the stock market will do in the future, so avoid making trades based on that assumption. Never base your trades on a prediction of a specific date when the market will turn, especially if it comes from other traders. Many such predictions are inaccurate, with less than half proving correct even after ten attempts. Never execute a trade based solely on fear and greed indicators or overbought or oversold conditions. These are merely market conditions and not direct signals to buy or sell.

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Emerging Markets in One Stock (by LZ)

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I saw this stock mentioned in my social media feed this morning. CK Hutschinson 0001 in Hong Kong.

This is a great stock and a great chart because it sits at the center of multiple macroeconomic trends.

Bull case for emerging markets can be boiled down to a few points.

First, they’re as cheap as they were in the early 2000s if not cheaper. By sector analysis, where you compare tech to non-tech, they’re cheaper. I’m using the Templeton Emerging Markets Fund $EMF as a proxy here.

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