Last week the Silver-Gold ratio (SGR) failed to get with the bear memo as the sector got a hard shakeout, and look what happened. This week through the ups and the downs silver has continued to lead. (more…)
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.
Market Indicators in a Transformed System
We have used the ‘continuum’ (monthly chart of the 30 year yield) for years now to define tops in inflation expectations (red arrows at or around the EMA 100) and tops in deflationary fears (green arrows). (more…)
Thought Experiments
Before I get going describing my thought experiments, I feel I should admit to a couple of failures. In earlier posts, I had made the claims that GDX would not fall below $26.31 and that gold would not trade below ~$1250. I was wrong on both counts, so please take my musings below with a nice pinch of salt. (more…)
‘Taper to Carry’ (T2C)… a Logical Chain
Below is the opening segment of this week’s edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole (NFTRH 246). My friend’s request for a ‘simple’ road map ended up a bit wordy, but I think the chain is logical. (more…)
How to Play the FOMC? Risk Management
How to play the FOMC? Does it matter beyond “manage risk?” asked the robotic blogger.*
The Fed has been using its jawbones as well as talking out of every other orifice over the last month or two with regard to ‘taper or not to taper’. The stock market is at the moment on a tout that sees them saying ‘never mind about the taper stuff for now. We were just floating a trial balloon to prick the speculative atmosphere’. (more…)
