This has nothing to do with trading, money, or technology. I simply stumbled upon this video which I found terribly inspirational. This man was at the verge of death and, through sheer willpower, became a force for good. My hat is off to you, sir! Well done!
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.
Fractured Fairy Tale
It was a good day today for the bullish precious/bearish equity crowd. It was diminished somewhat, of course, by the knee-jerk BTD mentality so deeply burned into the public mindset, as everything bottomed out close to the open and rallied for most of the session. Still, we ended the day crashing almost half a percent on equities. More important, we lifted to lifetime highs on gold. Here’s the NQ:
Circle Jerk
The leader of “stable coins” sure isn’t looking that stable.
A Real Hero
This is an absolutely amazing tale about something some of us older folks vividly remember from 1999.
A Macro View & Gold’s Place Within It
The August 31st edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole went deep into gold, silver and especially the miners this week (to the near exclusion of most other markets), discussing near-term technical probabilities and long-term fundamental views, along with a lot of other “need to know” details on this now booming sector. NFTRH 878 closed with something of a big picture macro/philosophical view before wrapping up with the Portfolios segment.
Big Picture Macro & Precious Metals Bottom Line
It’s a bull market, baby (or per Old Turkey, “it’s a bull market, you know”). Thrills and spills ahead.
But the supporting theme is the new macro and its new rules that we’ve anticipated since the 30yr Treasury yield Continuum broke to the upside in 2022. Since then, the job has been to interpret the implications of this big picture macro trend break, along with other indicators of major change.
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