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.

Revolutionary Hard

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What a weekend, eh? Looking at the 5-minute bar chart of the NASDAQ futures, it’s almost quaint to remember the NVDA price spike from only three trading sessions ago (post-close Wednesday), marked with the red arrow (dur-hay). That was truly the last gasp as the market, crazy as the news is, is actually following a marvelously steady slide in a series of Tim-loving lower lows and lower highs.

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Spasms

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Having spent most of the night awake and working on Slope, I am nearly ecstatic to report that, well more than an hour before the opening bell, we appeared to have the necessary breakthrough. Not to jinx it, but I believe we are good-to-go!! I shall now turn my attention to my portfolio, which appears to be off to a simple fantastic start to the day. Good luck out there, and I hope Slope goes smoothly for you all.

Dynamic Evening

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First off, if Slope is acting odd for you, please read the prior post.

More substantively, as I stand here Sunday night, the markets are roiling. I’m not sure if it was Trump’s 50% boost to the tariffs he established only on Friday, or the Iran situation, or just a crazy-overvalued market ,but equities are down nearly 1% across the board (as of now, at least; you know how these things can turn).

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