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.

Defrosting the Morning

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Happy Pre-Thanksgiving, everyone. I suspect a lot of kitchens out there are in a state of preparation and pre-panic. We’ve still got a full trading day in front of us, although it’s probably going to be a quite one. The only event in front of us is the PCE, half an hour into the trading day.

Bitcoin has crawled back over $3,000 from its nearly five-figure sell-off. I’ve got a lengthy “Best of Slope” crypto-related post waiting in the wings, which I’ll publish after today’s close.

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With Nvidia Behind Us

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Although the /ES is (quite annoyingly) still up as I’m writing this, I’m delighted that the Nvidia “event” is behind us. The fact of the matter is that NVDA produced absolutely KNOCK-OUT fundamentals, and yet it’s still down! This just shows how much optimism is already baked into the cake. If absolutely stunning sales and earnings can’t budge the stock anymore, then this sucker has peaked. The string is through being pushed.

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