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.
June’s Tune
I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge what a wretched June crypto had. Bitcoin, shown below, lost about 15% of its value from June 5 to June 28th, just a few weeks’ time. Quite clearly, the fever has broken, although there’s no limit to how low this thing would go before the crypto weirdos would cry blue murder.
![](https://slopeofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/slopechart_BTC-3-640x336.jpg)
Freaky Friday
I think the market gods must have heard me complaining loudly about how boring the market was, because they delivered an amazing Friday to us. It started with an explosive Trump-is-gonna-win rally across the board, only to see the completely green market turn completely red. This was simultaneous with LIFETIME intraday highs on the /ES and the /NQ. What a great way to end the first half of 2024!
![](https://slopeofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/freaky-640x491.png)
Retail Bears
Here are some INCREDIBLY successful stocks which are INCREDIBLY expensive right now which you might want to consider going bearish against: Costco and Casey’s:
![](https://slopeofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/slopechart_CASY-640x345.jpg)
Post-Covid Blues
Remember BioNTech? They had the happy fortune of having a biotech drug just when Covid hit. Let’s just say there hasn’t been a second act………..
![](https://slopeofhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/slopechart_BNTX-640x345.jpg)