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.
Index Update
In the midst of lifetime highs, let’s take a stroll through some major cash index markets. The NASDAQ Composite is near lifetime highs but didn’t quite make it there. On Friday, tech stocks were strong but less than half as strong as the small caps. The damage to the trendline is formidable, and if there’s going to be any weakness next week, it’s much more likely from tech stocks than, let’s say, the industrials.

My First AI Video
Recently, I have re-entered the AI world with renewed vigor, and I decided to try out the Sora video system on OpenAI just for the hell of it. Here’s the first result, which is fun:
