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.
Banking Only Coin
Here’s an interesting update on the saga of my “longs only” portfolio. The rightmost column shows the percentage of profits contributed to the overall sum. EXTR, for instance, is “contributing” negative 15.6% (that is, it is a loss). What’s most interesting is Coinbase (COIN) which, as merely 4% of the portfolio, is contributing a full 62.8% to the overall profit. In other words, this poor fella is doing about 15 times the work, proportionately speaking, as might be expected if the performance was totally equal.
Short Archer?
Below is Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). It hasn’t closed its gargantuan price gap, but perhaps it never will. So far, the stock has peaked at 63.09, while the price gap is just above $67. In any case, this is an impressive top, so while it’s unclear whether any more progress will be made on that gap closure, I nonetheless wanted to share this topping pattern.
Scamath’s Space Ride
Virgin Galactic (SPCE) must not be selling a lot of tickets to its outer space ride, eh?
Brokers Stay Strong
The two brokerage long ideas I’ve mentioned repeatedly continue to thrive: Coinbase and Robinhood:
