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.

Signs of Metal-Based Life

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Good morning, everyone, and welcome to a new trading week.

Pre-market, it’s pretty much green across the board, with precious metals finally showing some signs of life. Silver was looking pretty weak during Sunday’s trading, but out of the blue it began to rally, and as of this composition it’s up about 1.2%. Of course, metals could simply be aping the behavior of equities, but my thesis is that precious metals will eventually break free and continue higher while equities sink.

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Rates Ready to Plunge?

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Amongst my watch lists is one I rarely bother viewing called Rates, where I’ve got 21 different interest rate charts. I wandered in there today and noticed something quite interest: rates seem to be forming their own very impressive topping patterns, similar to what happened before Covid.

If these patterns complete – – and, for the government’s sake, I hope they do – – it would seem to me interest rates are about to go into a free-fall.

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