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.

Prime Cuts

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Considering how important tomorrow morning’s CPI report will probably be, there’s not too much purpose in speculating what would happen if such-and-such happens. Every CPI, ZH does a long (usually premium) post about the different CPI results and what they would mean for the market. I have no idea how anyone would find that at all useful, not only because there are no assurances that any of the results will align with the (fake) CPI numbers, but mainly because………..no one knows what the CPI will be!

So, to wrap this day up, I went through my 17 short positions and chose my 7 favorites right now. As always, click on any of these for a bigger view (depending on your screen size). Hopefully Wednesday will be good for the bears, assuming the government dares to let it be known that inflation is, in fact, raging like a wildfire. See you on the other side of it!

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Uh-Huh

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Honestly, I’m going to try to avoid the trap of making every other post “YA SEE? YA SEE? I WAS RIGHT AGAIN!” But it’s challenging lately, since the charts have been working so well, even on a very short-term basis. Most of you saw the results of my diamond pattern from yesterday, and then just yesterday evening, I did a post called Loverly (ONLY for my paying members) which suggested this chart portended good fortune.

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