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.

Price Target for BITI

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In this Everything Bubble nightmare we’ve been living through since March 9, 2009, assets continue to vault to lifetime highs each and every day with one notable exception: crypto.

At long last, the crypto creeps have been shamed into oblivion, and while most of these “coins” are ultimately heading for $0, there’s already been substantial progress in that direction with even the bluest of the blue chips, Bitcoin, losing well more than half of its value in a matter of months.

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Bob and Weave

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Coreweave (CRWV) is at the center of the whole hyperscaling build-out, and as such, it has the potential to completely burn to the ground. I’d be tempted to short this based on its rounded top, but there’s a reason I’m not touching it: because all three instances of such a pattern led to either nothing more than brief downturn or, for the largest one, absolutely nothing.

My reluctance to take a position probably guarantees this thing will finally enter the collapse it so richly deserves.