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.

Something Bigger Coming?

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Today was far and away my best day of the year. The second-best day isn’t even in the same ZIP code. It was really all about what I said in my premium post last night, and it all transpired As God Intended ™. It may be the most inspired post I’ve ever written about the markets.

OK, great, so since our time machine’s busted, now what? Well, it’s not like we’re going to go down every day, but I truly think the bears have control of this market now. Here we see the NASDAQ Composite has completed an impressive top and even closed below the low of the October 10th “Chinese 145% tariffs” nonsense before Trump TACO’d himself.

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Taking a Bath

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Just two days ago, I wrote a premium post (for my beloved Gold and Platinum members) called Hands-Down Favorites. In it, I selected my eight favorite picks for short positions. One of them was Bed Bath and Body Works (BBWI) whose inclusion compelled one well-meaning chap to write to me:

Ugggggg….Don’t want to see BBWI in your mix, have sizeable option position for earnings later this week. My thought is inexpensive gifts for the cash-strapped masses going into holidays. Store sales into Halloween were good. Will see how it plays out next two days. May reduce position or pull out if don’t see decent upward movement.

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