
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.
The Quaintness of 2005
Beyond Gold Buggery; Sectors Reviewed
A brief sector review
While I hold a special place (in my thoughts and in NFTRH) for the gold stock sector due to its counter-cyclical nature, it’s a big market out there and a strategic view of the macro helps with successful positioning. Following is a snapshot of some sectors/markets with general thoughts on each. I will provide one chart or graphic for each but not mark them up or get into too much technical or fundamental detail. There’s a weekend report for all of that stuff. For now, a brief review.
Gold/Silver Mining & Royalty
Gold miners have been fundamentally impaired by the inflationary macro as costs (energy, materials, humans) have outpaced product (gold) for well over a year. As with other markets/sectors, sentiment became overdone to the downside in September and from there (one of our key downside support targets at 230) we projected a bounce and with some stops and starts, the rally logically began.
(more…)Blink Breaks Out
With Tesla making new highs every single day (and making Elon Musk a ONE-THIRD TRILLIONAIRE):

Covid Gravy Train Derails
I read that the Forbes 400 list of the richest people in the U.S. had some new entrants thanks to the crazy-wild success of Moderna, a company which should drop to its knees and thank the disease gods every single day for Covid-19. As a chartist, who is not on the Forbes 400, I wanted to point out that these hotshot vaccine makers may have had a change of fortune.


