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.
Emerging Profits
First off, a tip of the hat to five-star general and long-time Sloper NYUGrad, whom I had the pleasure of meeting very early this morning. We spent about an hour together (including his dog, which was a big bonus) walking around the southern tip of Manhattan. What a pleasure to meet one of you folks in person!
It’s a good (and rare) day for the bears so far. In addition to my typical “doesn’t expire for many months” puts, I had been, from time to time, buying some crazy-short-term ETF puts recently. The most recent was yesterday, when I acquired some EEM (emerging markets ETF) May 31st puts. They’re up 173% right now, so I sold half off, leaving the rest as a runner (I think that’s the term?) Whee!
Manhattan Musings
Just minutes ago, I came in from seeing Uncle Vanya, starring Steve Carrell and the marvelous Allison Pill (both pictured below). I am a sucker for religion-infused sentiment, and this Chekhov play delivered. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Modem Over Manhattan
Greetings from the East Village of Manhattan. Here was the view from my hotel window last night:
Kostly Kids
Having raised some of these critters myself, I can attest to this, particularly if education expenses run six figures every year since the time they’re five year sold.
