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.

Revaluing Gold Reserves & Paying Debt?

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What a Concept!

If the whispers of revaluing the US gold reserves prove true, it could be an instant boon to the peoples’ (currently debt-addled) asset base

Per the article’s comments, a reader asks how a revaluation of gold helps pay down debt unless you sell the gold? My answer: “I am not talking about paying down debt by selling gold. I am talking about paying down debt after addressing government waste. Two separate things; debt and the peoples’ assets (including gold). I should have made that clearer, I guess.”

This article is written by someone who has been no fan of Trump. I spent 4 years criticizing his first term presidency (as I did Biden’s in a different way). * Whether you love him or hate him, this article simply focuses on a couple of economically important areas and policies currently being floated.

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Dancing Beneath the Ceiling

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I will be spending the first portion of the morning yet again heading to the airport, so I’m going to leave you a few charts to chew on. The theme here is that the market has stalled out underneath important resistance. Hopefully by the time you read this, a surging market won’t render my charts moot. In any case, I’ll be settled in at the airport a few hours into the trading day and can pick up my regimen then.

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