
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.
The Value of Nothing

Going Nuclear
Nuclear energy is a hot space right now, so here are seven stocks I found for you. Wouldn’t it be ironic if Trump, of all people, ushered in a new age of green energy?

Nice Smile and Impressive Beard
In my post on Sunday 1st June I was looking at the historically bearish leaning stats over four of the next six trading days and looking for a modest retracement that we then saw. I also mentioned that the last of those bearish leaning days was today, and that tomorrow through Monday 16th lean strongly bullish. Wednesday and Friday next week are the day before and after the holiday on Thursday 19th June, and lean neutral to slightly bullish historically, and we would often see modest volume and trading ranges, particularly as Friday is also quad witching June opex.
This is the start of a bullish opportunity window that may last for the next month or so particularly as the very important case on the legality of most of Trump’s tariffs being reviewed by the Supreme Court has been delayed until the end of July, and the 90 day window that delayed most of those tariffs in April is currently scheduled to expire on July 9th, with a general 50% tariff on all important from the EU also scheduled to start that day. I am wondering whether we might see a further 30 day delay of that July 9th window into August to land after that key Supreme Court decision.
(more…)Fake, Baby, Fake
There are three things I dislike about the political chant “Drill, Baby, Drill.” (1) it’s childish; (2) it’s based on the Vietnam War anti-war slogan “Burn, baby, burn” which I doubt the dummies uttering the other phrase even realize (3) it implies the U.S. doesn’t produce nearly enough energy for its own needs, when in fact it is energy independent and is making more than ever.

Meh – – these political ninnies don’t care about the truth. Just their stupid chants.