An oil derrick at dusk. Image via Laredo Petroleum.
(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.
Brazil Bang
I’ve probably done a dozen posts about shorting Brazil (via EWZ) just over the past month. I went into a large very short-term position yesterday with October puts (arrow marks entry) and while I seemed to have great luck at first (red box) I was shocked when things reversed temporarily (green box).
Repeating A 600-Year-Old Mistake?
A Close Shave
Just last Friday, I did a post called I Didn’t Ask For This, which explained why I was 100% out of crypto. Let’s just say that was a good call. I think they are far too tied to equity sentiment, and I think stocks are going to get blown to hell in the foreseeable future. So I remain 100% OUT.
