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.

Pivotal Juncture for Gold Stocks

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Another hot CPI fails to suppress gold

With FOMC on tap with an upcoming .5% rate hike, gold got hammered and bounced back with a vengeance on ‘CPI’ Friday. The Fed will raise the Funds Rate at least .5% next week. So says not me, but the wise guys whose job it is to correctly anticipate FOMC policy. Indeed, a full 20% of CME traders expect .75%, up from our last check on June 3.

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Let’s Buy Tokyo!

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Remember back in 1989 when everyone assumed Japan was going to absolutely take over the world? Good times, good times. Well, they’ve spend the past THIRD OF A CENTURY mired in a pathetic government-run fraud, hurling quadrillions (yes, quadrillions) of Yen in an desperate effort to sustain the illusion of prosperity for their stagnant old-age colony. If you want to see how bad things are, look no further than the US dollar versus the Yen. If a worthless piece of crap like a United States piece of paper is performing this well, you KNOW this must be absolutely wretched for the other side.