Oh, Lord. Is this seriously what we’ve got to look forward to until January 5th?!? The /NQ is a dead man’s EKG.
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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.
Project UFO
One of the hottest sectors right now is anything to do with space and satellites. Think of it as an expression of the frustration people have that SpaceX isn’t public (but purportedly will be next year). Below is an ETF that covers that rocket-related outfits as well as three of its more interesting components.
Coffeebar Quip
On Sunday morning, I walked into Coffeebar Menlo Park (home of the $9 to-go coffee), Mishka in hand. I saw that my local precious metals dealer was at his usual place, as he always is on Sunday morning. I walked over to him and congratulated him on a wonderful 2025, and he said, “It’s been good for me, and it’s been great for my clients. But………what’s going to happen next?”
He isn’t the first metals dealer who expressed this sentiment to me. It’s sort of like if you were a person who predicted a terrorist attack on the twin towers for years, and after it finally happened in 2001, you could pat yourself on the back for being correct in your prediction. But – – there’s more to life than just nailing a prediction, right? What does it really mean? What’s next?
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