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.

Peelings

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Only a few days ago, I wrote of Apple “As the world’s largest company, I would say that Apple is a very important canary which is worth watching closely. Take note of two things about recent activity: (1) its bullish breakout has completely flopped (2) it is even breaking below its supporting trendline of the right triangle pattern.” When I wrote those words, AAPL had just barely breached its trendline. It is clear that this modest violation presaged a clear-cut failure.

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Silver: This Is Awkward

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Damn. We’re Bullish On Silver Again

Well, this is awkward. Let’s drop the royal “we” for this post. I, David Pinsen, the founder of Portfolio Armor, called silver “The Family Circus of investments” a few days ago. That was an allusion to this scene in the 1999 movie Go where one character explains why he hates the comic strip The Family Circus.

Timothy Olyphant in Go (1999) explaining why he hates The Family Circus.
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