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 Age of Metals

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Happy Boxing Day, everyone! The equity markets are absolutely thrilling pre-market: the S&P 500 futures are up 0.01%, for example. Actually, the only real action is in the world of precious metals, as the debasement trade continues to thrive. What has happened over the past couple of years is jaw-dropping, and like I keep saying, this isn’t happening for no reason. There are fundamental changes taking places that I think won’t be clear until years in the future:

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Best Posts of 2025 (Part 5 of 10)

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As I do at the end of every calendar year, I have gathered together what I consider the very best posts of the thousands that have been penned this year. There are so many, I’ve broken the list into ten parts, with one to be published each day.

Here are today’s: