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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.
High-Yield Mega-Bounce
One of the most interesting things that has happened over the past eight trading days has been the explosive move higher by the high-yield funds which, until May 18th, had been getting absolutely brutalized. Their exhaustion and descent from these zones, should it transpire, will be an important signal that the counter-trend bounce has stopped.
Rate-Based Meltdown
Trillions (literally) of dollars of value have been destroyed by the tiny increase in interest rates we’ve seen so far. Take a gander at these major funds and try to spot the trend. This is historic.
Rate Pathway
Nuclear Bonds
It’s adorable how the simple-minded equity bulls keep thinking we’re at the cusp of a massive new rally, and they keep bidding prices up this morning. Listen, you whimpering parasites, the thirteen years of endless government welfare you’ve been on is done. Exhibit A is the fact that the bond market, in its various forms around the world, continues to crumble inexorably lower.
