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.

Fed Flips, USD Flops, Runway Clear For a Not so Soft Landing

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Seasonal party continues, but danger ahead

The strategy of how to navigate what is ahead has been generally covered in NFTRH and with post-FOMC clarity, it is being fine-tuned further, into an actionable game plan for the coming months per a detailed NFTRH+ update this morning.

This will feature the precious metals, beneficiaries of a weakening Fed, but also likely commodity related trades/investments which, counterintuitively, would benefit from the ‘declining inflation’ headlines since they were impaired for so long by the amplified inflation headlines and corresponding hawkish Fed.

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Should You Even Care About The Santa Rally?

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Deck the halls, because it’s the most wonderful time of the year – on Wall Street. 

Well, that would most likely depend on who you’re talking to, and whether you’re steering the conversation in a direction towards bullish sentiments over the ever-fantasized Santa Rally that makes an appearance once a year. 

Fund managers and investors are hopeful that the upcoming month and early days of January could provide them with a major upside, as they shrug off earlier losses and navigate the potential hard realities of investing in a market fraught with stick inflation, high-interest rates, and under-valued stocks. 

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Index Check

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I cannot allow myself to end the day without a substantial post, but here we go. I wanted to share a few index charts and a few thoughts on them, even though the market is seriously a big fat MESS at the moment. We begin with the NASDAQ Composite, about which I’ll make these observations:

  • We’re miles away from the lifetime high;
  • Only five weeks ago, it was falling to pieces, but Powell has created an end-of-year mega-rally with his words;
  • If we do start selling off, it won’t take long to get to support; like I said, the market is a mess.
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