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.

Pain-Free Debt

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Not a week goes by that the Federal Reserve doesn’t introduce some new multi-trillion dollar “emergency” package and shove it down the helpless throats of the public. Ever since 2008, I would wonder “how come this doesn’t seem to bother anyone?” It seem incongruous to me that the citizens of a nation would care so little about money-printing in such astronomical quantities.

Then, duh, I finally realized the answer this morning: it isn’t because John Q. Public doesn’t understand what’s going on (and he doesn’t). Instead, it’s because he doesn’t feel any pain from it. At least not directly. And at least not yet.

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My Finest Hour

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And what did today bring us? Pablum. Reassurances. Sleight of hand. And that cocaine-snorting Kudlow threatening equity bears with his so-called Ultimate Bazooka. Thus, the market soared again, approaching a SIX THOUSAND POINT GAIN on the Dow in just a couple of weeks.

And what did Tim do about it? Cry? Cower? Tremble in fear? Buy stocks like Kudlow demanded? Hell, no! I boldly wrote a NOW NOW NOW post and shorted like a son of a bitch. Here, before a candid world, do I reveal my 50 shorts, all of which closed the day profitably.

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Giant Meteor 2020

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I surrender.

It’s quite evident that my pledge, months ago, to make Slope a politics-free zone was wise, and my decision to set that rule aside was a huge mistake. With rare exceptions (some of whom have written to personally thank me), minds cannot be changed.

I am not only re-asserting my pledge to not publish political posts, but I am extending it to the end of 2020. I cannot imagine the discord that’s coming up with the election, and I don’t want to put myself in the crossfire. I have, incidentally, made private the post SB made last night. I did her a disservice by posting it.

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