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.

Gold Finally Shines

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In an era in which the notion of a “safe haven” seems, evidently, to be digital coins, the classic precious metals have been largely left in the dust. It’s nice to see that perhaps this is changing. Gold is, once again, making a real effort to escape the clutches of its resistance line, and it seems to finally have a real chance of doing so. Here are the continuous futures of /GC:

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Gold is the Anti-Bubble

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Gold price still disappointing speculators, but it’s doing as it should do

Back in August I wrote an article called Gold: The Anti-Bubble. The point being that if you want to consider an asset to be sound value in a world of ongoing plays boosted by inflationary policy, speculating upon it – especially at a time when the cyclical risk ‘on’ trades are in upside momentum mode – is illogical. As are expectations for it to perform up to par with said bubble beneficiaries (as noted previously, I define the bubble as monetary and fiscal policy and the stock market as a direct beneficiary) as long as… It’s a Bubble, and It’s Intact.

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