The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) rolled around as it always does in January, and this video hits on some of the highlights:
(more…)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.
Webster’s Revised
I’m not sure if you realize this, and I’m sympathetic if you do not, but: we live in insane times. And I’m afraid “insane” fails to capture the full madness of it all.
For example, I would propose updating the formal definition of stock market valuation. In simpler times, it was something like this:
(more…)Marketing Muck-Up
In case you haven’t heard, Peloton – – just about the only unicorn stock which has been thriving this year – – has stepped in a pile of creosote lately, and all because of this ad:
Marseilles Musings
Hello from the “Bring Me My Coffee” shop at the Vieux Port in Marseilles. I have spent the entire week in the south of France, and having never been here, have some fresh impressions to share.
These aren’t in any particular order, and in order to preserve the bullet points, I’m putting a few images beneath this list. So voila:
(more…)Gartman: the final fade
I was intrigued – – but not the least bit surprised – – to see this headline:
While Dennis claims that he’s throwing in the towel in order to work on his golf game, I strongly suspect the true reason is that these markets have become untradeable, except for the buy-AAPL-and-hold-forever technique, funded wholly by the Fed (thus, in turn, by the taxpayers of the year 2382).
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