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.

Tesla Fib Follow-Up

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Yesterday I did a premium post in which I suggested Tesla (which was up BIG yesterday) would be conking its head against crucial resistance by way of a Fibonacci level.

Well, so far, so good. The fact Tesla is down at ALL is kind of a miracle in this “new lifetime highs every single day” market, and it’s good to see that even in this environment some classic setups can still actually work! My stop-loss is at 395, and I’m just going to let it ride.

The Jobs Shrug

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Happy Good Friday, everyone. This is going to be a very light holiday weekend, content-wise, but I wanted to chime in on the only meaningful economic data point of the week, which was the monthly jobs report, released earlier this morning.

The data that came out was bullish across the board. Hourly earnings weakened, diminishing inflation concerns. Jobs growth was three times stronger than anticipated. Finally, the overall unemployment rate dipped from 4.4% to 4.3%. Three for three positive signs.

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