I have sad news to share with everyone. Our beloved brother-in-arms, Bruno de Landevoisin, has passed to the eternal realm. For those of you who don’t know to whom I’m referring, Bruno was a very long-time member of the Slope community, writing more posts here than anyone except myself, and doing so with a fastidious attention to detail. He went by many names – – Idiot Wind, BDI (which meant “Bob Dylan Idiot”, since he was a huge fan) – -but we all knew him as the loveable Frenchman, descended from royalty, who was a tireless and lovingly combative member of this community
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.
Home Sweet Home
Just a quick note to say we’ve spiffed up the “Home Page” for premium members. The idea is that when registered users go to SlopeOfHope.com they get a very simple, easy-to-understand launch point where the most important links are. As before, the menus items still work, but this hopefully will allow people to focus on the key stuff.
Bruno Update
I wanted to interrupt your market day with a brief update on Bruno, whom is well known to old timers here. He has been silent for weeks, and I’ve been trying to figure out if he’s OK or not. During my early morning dog walk, I called his number (I steadfastly avoid intruding on personal lives, so I had not done this until now). After many rings, his girlfriend answered, and we spoke for a while.
The good news is that he’s still with us. The bad news is that he’s in pretty serious shape. He’s on a ventilator in the hospital. He’s able to communicate, so I asked her to tell him that we’ve been thinking about him and worrying about him. She was very moved by this, and I’m sure the collective sentiments of those here will cheer his spirits. I just wanted you to know.
Slope’s Most Gorgeous Page Ever
I am absolutely thrilled to unveil another improvement is the ever-improving Slope of Hope. As proud as I am of the many components of the site, particularly SlopeCharts, this new page we’re launching is the most aesthetically-pleasing in nearly 14 years of history. Here’s the new menu item to get there:
Hi-Ho, Silver!
This post has one explicit purpose: to encourage those of you who are not premium members to try the Silver membership. I’m even offering a super-cheap way to try it. If there’s going to be a bear market, there’s no better place than Slope to enjoy it, wouldn’t you agree?
Slope has four offerings: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Diamond. Gold is far and away the most popular, but Silver has a ton of features including, most recently, a twenty-fold increase in the size of its futures and commodity charts. Here are some of the additional goodies you get with Silver (I couldn’t make them all fit in my screen capture…….) (more…)
