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.
Bet the House
If you believe, as I do, that real estate is going to be in trouble, I have three ETFs to suggest as long term (let me put that in caps……LONG TERM) bearish positions. This is not a 0DTE trade. This is something which I think will be good for months to come.
The first, XHB, is mashed up against the top of an extremely long-term price channel. Let’s just say it’s got plenty more open air beneath it than it does room to roam above it.
The XME ETF
I’m Too SOXS For My Shirt
What a morning, eh, gang? Jerome Powell lumbered up to the podium and basically gave a history lesson, and the bulls went absolutely ape. The markets exploded higher. I couldn’t help but notice that semiconductors, by way of SMH, represented a very intriguing bearish opportunity at those laughable levels.
Vulnerable ETFs
Preface to both posts: on Friday evening, I went through my list of key ETFs, and I found eight that seemed strong and eight that seemed vulnerable to weakness. Here are the vulnerable-looking ones, in alphabetical order of their symbols:
