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.

Crisis Investing

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A Gadsden flag hung out of a Southwest Airlines 737 cockpit. Photo via American Greatness. 

A Market Buffeted By Bad News

The apparent work slowdown at Southwest Airlines (LUV), snarling air travel last weekend, is the latest bit of bad news to hit the economy and markets. Since we shared our bear-proof portfolio back in July (“Building A Bear-Proof Portfolio“), we’ve had the ongoing energy crisis, the China Evergrande (EGRNF) crisis, and supply-chain crisis (“America Is Running Out Of Everything“). All together, this seems like a good test of a portfolio built to manage unforeseen risks. Let’s see how it’s done so far. First, a quick recap of how we built the portfolio. 

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First Look at Potential Trade in JPM

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This week is arguably the beginning of one of the most anticipated earnings seasons in market history.

The magic starts in earnest at the opening bell Wednesday when JP Morgan (JPM) and Delta Airlines (DAL)announce their earnings. And more companies follow suit as the week progresses with Morgan Stanley (MS), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC), Goldman Sachs (GS), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and a few notable others.

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Bear Call Spread in the IWM

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Hedge with Collar Options Strategy

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The Collar Options Strategy

Back in mid-July, I discussed the basics of a collar strategy.

Now with more and more readers asking for hedge-based ideas, I want to discuss the strategy a bit further, this time using ETFs as my primary target.

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