Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Time to Host a Breakfast?
If you are curious if having a contest to enjoy a mediocre dinner with the POTUS in the same room was enough to turn around the fortunes of the $TRUMP coin grift, I’m here to answer your question. The answer is: nope. The grift-upon-the-grift worked great for a few days, but the “just for entertainment” investment is slumping toward its lifetime lows again.

Tooth Extraction
I got a long email from my colleagues at tastytrade this morning which prompted me to use Slope’s newest feature, which is the Symbol Stripper. All I had to do was swipe the text of the email.

Quarrels and Slippage
Strange day so far, eh, folks? First there was the rumor of a Trump/Xi phone call, which China denied. Then there was the official announcement of the call, stating that they had smoothed over their differences and had come to terms.
In a classic “sell the news” kind of event, the good news of China/US being buddies (for the moment) sent equities slipping,

