
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.
Not In This Market

Murder Burger
Months ago, for reasons unclear to me, we bought a 10-pack of “hamburgers” from Beyond Meat, and they’ve been languishing in the freezer ever since. I decided this morning to cook ’em up for my dogs, since we were never going to eat them, and doing so would guarantee my dogs would review today as a 5-star event.

If I RCL Properly…….
Yep, I’m at it again. I bought puts on Royal Carribean (October $155 strike).

Übermensch
Let’s stop all this hand-wringing and short some fresh stocks, shall we?
My next victim: UBER! They just announced earnings, which have been warmly received. More importantly, besides having earnings risk (and premium) shoved aside, we’re back at an attractive short point. I just gobbled up a bunch of December $65 puts.

