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.
Palladium Power
I give plenty of attention to gold and silver, but rarely mention palladium, another precious metal. It has certainly been a laggard, but looking at the long-term /PA contract, it looks like it has a real chance to join the party.
Silver Bells
For a while last year, I became almost single-mindedly obsessed with silver. I’ve got to say, I wish it had remained so, since just buying SLV and kicking my feet up would have saved a lot of thought and tension! In a more positive light, my endless yammering about silver as a long position has turned out to be a good disposition.
Quantum Creep
One of the hottest sectors in equities right now remains quantum computing, and there are precious few stocks which specialized in this admittedly experimental field.
Tech Nears Past Peak
In spite of reaching bear market levels (for about 12 seconds) early in April, tech stocks have almost totally recovered, now being a mere 1% beneath its lifetime peak as measured by the QQQ. From a charting perspective, this moment is important since we are almost perfectly mushed against the broken trendline. Tomorrow’s jobs report should settle whether this trendline simply doesn’t matter or whether it represents true resistance.
