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.
Freedom Costs a Buck Oh-Five
The Crumbly Taste of Bonds
My largest short position continues to be long-term US bonds, by way of the fund TLT. This is down about 0.8% today, continuing to tiptoe its way toward what I hope is an historic failure at the 82.68 price level. I’ve tightened up my stop-loss price to 87.30.
The Metals Pair
Let’s take a fresh look at the long-term ratio chart of XME/GDX. It illustrates how, over a period of decades, the relative value of these two metal-related ETFs tends to oscillate with some regularity. It seems to me that XME is presently heading for some serious weakness relative to GDX.
Mister Softee
I’m pleased to report that the ENTIRETY of the “Trump pushed the tariff deadline out even FARTHER” rally has been destroyed. Good. Amongst my short positions, one that’s cruising along nicely is the wee-wee-hardening organization HIMS, which is down over 4% and whose stop-loss I’ve tightened up.
