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.

Cum Vault

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I appreciate everyone’s patience with me today (as if either of us had a choice…….) but I’m on a plane now, and I’ve finally got a little time to toss out a post. It’s not actionable – – really more of a bit of technical-analysis-based gloating — but it’s interesting nonetheless.

I’ve pointed out Commvault Systems in my “favorite shorts” videos a couple of times. I confess this one was becoming a real bore, because it never seemed to finally “break”. Well, the break finally came today, and in a big way. This down-sloping head and shoulders pattern finally hammered the stock, as God intended: (more…)

Nine Lives

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Today the Slope of Hope turns nine years old. Nine. Years.

As some of you may recall, I wrote my first post on March 29 2005 from the Ritz in Cancun, Mexico. I had sold Prophet just two months earlier, and I had taken my wife and children on vacation. I remember Joe Montana took the elevator with us and counseled us to enjoy our kids since “they grow up fast.” As much of a cliche as that is, it certainly is true. (more…)