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.
Bitcoin’s Market Cap
Just to put things in perspective, here’s how the total value of all Bitcoins. Incredibly, 30% of this value has been lost by human error, such as losing the password or throwing away a hard drive.
(more…)Lumberjack Analysis
This Time for Sure!
My desire to get long silver has been a bit of a running joke, because I’ve tried and failed a few times to do so. The losses have been tiny each time, but it’s been frustrating, nonetheless. I decided to remain in wait-and-see mode, and in the meanwhile, gold has been taking a multi-hundred dollar drubbing.
(more…)Neurons and Axons
Back in 2020, I coined the term “ABC” for Accidentally Beneficiaries of Covid (stocks like MRNA and BNTX). Well, I have a new one for you: FAT, which stands for Friends Associated with Trump. The stocks in this group would be like Palantir (Peter Thiel), Tesla (TSLA), and Axon (shown below, which used to be called Taser when I started in this business). As you can see, it has been doing GREAT in the wake of the election.