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.

Death, Where Is Thy Sting?

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Well, this is a new one. On Sunday evening, while I was doing some fine-tuning on one of my hives, one of my honeybees managed to sting me. Through my mask. On my upper lip. I am NOT going to show you what I look like right now, since it’s simultaneously hilarious and horrifying, but suffice it to say my upper lip is about six times normal size, and I look like one of the lost Kardashian sisters.

I mention this to explain why I’ll probably be absent from the tastylive show for a day or two, not only because I look like the stuff of nightmares, but also because, at the moment, I cannot articulate words understandably. Anyway, off to bed, and I’ll see how goofy I look in the morning.

Post-Hole Indexes

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As we head into a new trading week, I wanted to update you on nine key index charts. Each of these have my thoughts in the caption area, and the first three are visible to everyone whereas the remaining six are visible only to paying members here on Slope.

The NASDAQ Composite sealed – – and slightly violated – – its price gap on Friday, but we still closed down on the day. The moving averages are powerfully bullish and widely spaced, so this index is just begging to be sold down.
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A New Kind of Democracy

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As a young person, I was provided plenty of information that I suppose would be characterized as received truth. I was informed that, as our Declaration of Independence cited, all men are created equal. I believed that. I was told that democracy, which meant one person=one vote, was the best form of government. I believed that.

I believed a lot of stuff as a kid. These days? Not so much.

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