Here’s a color-coded map of the different kinds of governments in the world. China and North Korea, which are both one-party dictatorships, are aptly in brown.
Worldwide Social Studies
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.
Couple of Obscure Semis
Here are a couple of charts that I think are fabulous long-term bearish bets. Both are semiconductor-related, which to my way of thinking means that when this overheated sector (led by NVDA) begins to weaken, lower-grade stocks like these will lead the way down.
The Jobs Under Threat by AI
No One Cut the Cheese
Uncertain Smile on Crypto
There is a significant discrepancy between Crypto and US equities at the moment, which is casting some doubt on short term direction, though on the bigger picture it seems likely that we are seeing bull flags form on Crypto and the next big move will likely be up.
On the Bitcoin (BTCUSD) daily chart the daily middle band has been backtested and is holding as resistance, so the current trend still leans down.
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