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.

Notes From the Rabbit Hole

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Silhouettes of a bull and a bear representing market trends, with a white rabbit sitting between them, all set against a white background.
NFTRH 917

This report started out like any other. A geek doing his geek-like thing, managing what has been a thus far successful market phase. But as the report wore on, my views got right-sized in real time. I have not edited (other than grammar and some untoward wording, etc. and the italicized summary inputs) anything, so as to leave the progression of my learning on the fly intact for your review. It is published publicly with slight edits and certain actionable subscriber content redacted.

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More Than ‘Just a Bubble’

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The Semiconductor Bubble is about over-valuation and momentum, outstanding fundamentals will not stop the correction to come

Note: Never will you read one word of my material that has been edited or altered, let alone written by, AI. It is unfortunate that this even needs to be stated, but it’s out there, folks. Content written by machines. Outside of ‘quant’, you cannot automate real market analysis.

Harken back, if you will, to a time some hazy years ago that I sold Nvidia too soon and neglected to buy it back on its long journey upward, leading the Semiconductor bubble to come by a country mile. I since traded it a couple times, but the real money had been made by others.

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