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.

Crypto Carnage

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Last night, Ethereum ($ETH) got literally to the PENNY of its major support level and managed to rally to a smaller loss, thus avoiding a failure. I believe crypto is still very important tow watch as a signal for equities to (finally) weaken again. We haven’t looked at crypto in a long time, but look at the seven alt-coin charts below to get a sense as to the overall degradation in this space:

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Listen to Ether

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Looks like the Jim Cramers and Cathie Woods of the world are getting a much-needed break. Uh-huh. I suggest you pay attention to what’s going on with Ethereum. It is still weak, and if it starts seriously cutting loose to the downside, I think you’re going to see stocks do the same.

For obvious reasons, my enthusiasm about energy-related shorts has cooled substantially. I’ve got an important update for Gold and Platinum members in this post about the market in general.