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.
This morning is the most damaging to the bears since the war began. The reason isn’t particularly the percentage change – – as I’m typing this, the /ES is up all of 0.7% – – but instead has to do with prices puncturing above resistance levels.
Far worse, they are doing this based upon no meaningful news. It’s not like Iran has surrendered or anything. Prices have simply been powering higher ever since the Friday the 13th close. Here is the /ES:
Long-time readers know of my disposition toward government, and by government, I mean any government, be it federal, state, or local. I consider them to be a magnet for waste, fraud, and laziness, and I daresay if every single government employee on the planet vanished instantly into thin air, almost all of us would be vastly better off (to say nothing of demonstrably wealthier).
The frustrating thing about government waste is that you can’t do a damn thing about it. you just have to live with the fact that your assets are going to the worst of humanity. Here in my fair city of Palo Alto I have read about countless instances of the kind of crap that makes me despise government more by the day. First, there’s this gem:
Here is how much the value of famous brand names changed just over the course of 2025:
Last summer, I got an up-close and personal look at the inner workings of Meta, and I’m here to tell you, they are packed to the gills with slackers. Actually, that’s not fair. It isn’t packed to the gills, because the people drawing down huge salaries hardly ever show up to work anyway. I’m stunned how valuable this company is considering how light the employees keep their schedules, but a recent survey indicated that on average the engineers are spending about ten hours a week actually working, which is why the company has announced a 20% slash is coming up.
