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.

BYD Bonanza

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Chinese EV Maker Reeling Past All The Stops

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers BYD are having a moment across the world, winning over motorists and governments with affordable, and seemingly cutting-edge battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and new energy car production. 

For much of last year, and perhaps the year before, BYD has been claiming its stake as one of the top EV producers and is now on the verge of overtaking American-based Tesla following the release of Q3 2023 sales and production figures. 

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Grindhouse

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The market has been in quite a stupor lately, but let’s catch up with a dozen indexes to see what’s what.

We begin with the NASDAQ Composite, which is roughly at the same level it was on February 12th. In other words, we haven’t had any meaningful change in 15 days. That may explain why you’re falling asleep at your keyboard. If we can repeat the failure of that wedge, however, things could get interesting in a hurry…………and that wedge is everywhere.

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