
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.
Bone Saw Forthcoming
Short Chinese Optimism
The flagrantly permabullish site Zerohedge this morning was shouting from the rooftops:

To which I reply: OH YEAH? Based on this headline alone, and out of pure spite, I took on a substantial position long March $125 puts.

Policy Failures
Defying China
I am very pleased and impressed to see what’s going on in China. As you’ve probably heard, a critical mass of the citizenry has had it up to the proverbial “here” with their government’s ceaseless repression. As horribly-suppressed as any kind of free thought or expression is in The Middle Kingdom, videos and updates are still managing to make their way past the brutal Chinese censors.


