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.

Proud to be a Plus

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Sharp-eyed Slopers have noticed there’s a new “badge of honor” in the comments section……

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Sharp-witted Slopers further concluded that this new badge must denote those who subscribe to the beloved Slope+ service (which, I assure you, keeps this blog up and running).

If you’d like to join this gang for free (well, at least for a month), click here and use the coupon code summertime.  The “e” got chopped off in the image below, but I promise, it isn’t “summertim”. The coupon will only be valid for a few days, so act now! (Particularly since there is a really excellent post packed with great trading ideas that I did this weekend).

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Director of Admissions

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This is going to be one of those “personal” posts that has nothing to do with patterns, trendlines, volume, China, Yellen, Greece, the Troika, or any of the other dozens of topics which we beat to death on a regular basis each day here on Slope.

First order of business: I’m going to be taking one of my all-to-rare vacations over the coming eight days. Old timers here know that my “warnings” about me being away rarely mean much, since I tend to keep the posts flowing fairly actively, but if you notice I’m not as around quite as much as usual, well, that’s the reason.

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More SlopeFest Pictures

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I’ve been inundated with terrific pictures of SlopeFest (particularly from Felicia – thank you!) so wanted to share a few more. I’m sorry not to label these with names of real people, but I have three reasons for not doing so: (a) I’m being lazy and don’t want to bother (b) I am terrible with names and could only successfully label a few folks (c) I’d like to respect their identities to some degree. Of course, there are some people that are kind of obvious (like, say, Dutch). Here ya go!

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SlopeFest 2015

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Another SlopeFest has come and gone, and Slopers from all over the country – – flying or driving in from places like Tallahassee, Chicago, San Francisco, Ohio, Los Angeles convened in Las Vegas (and, on Saturday Night, the Foundation Room at the top of Mandalay Bay). It was, as always, a real pleasure to put names to faces (or, more accurately, screen names to faces), and for me it was an humbling experience to hear how much the blog and the community have meant to some individuals. Here are a few snapshots from the event…… (more…)

I’m Going!

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I have been very on-the-fence about going to SlopeFest this year – – not because I don’t love seeing Slopers in person or enjoy the hospitality of the good people that put it together, but because it’s tough to get away. But I’ve decided: I’m going! So for those of you who were also on the fence about going (or who decided to go, but might want to flee in terror since I’m going to show up), now you have the facts.

Here’s the link with information about SlopeFest, by the way, composed by the inimitable Market Sniper. Perhaps I’ll see you there!