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.
Let There Be Darkness
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) has been benefiting massively from the AI fad in recent months, as it has exploded over 600% since July 9!!!!!!!! This is after having endured almost total destruction. I’d say that the easy part is done. That wall of overhead supply is an absolute BEAST. The only pity is that the stock is nominally low-priced (single digits).
Worldwide Labor Pains
Physical Beats Digital
Yes, yes, I know, Bitcoin had a great run from 2009 to 2019. There’s no doubt about it. But let’s focus on the past few years, in light of gold’s fantastic performance this year:
China in Perspective
Following the insane firehose of stimulus, liquidity, and corporate welfare from the Communist Party of China overnight, measured in hundreds of billions of Yuan, Asian markets have absolutely exploded. Allow me to put things in perspective.
Below is the top Chinese ETF in our own fair republic, symbol FXI. Given the historic rise in the price of FXI today, it has returned to the same price it was………..FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. So, congrats, China, on plunging helplessly into debt for this little bit of political-motivated good news. You’ve managed to match the price of FXI when Obama was still learning his way around the White House.
