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.
Pendulums And Pitfalls (by Mark St.Cyr)
Everyday we hear warnings in one form or another about the looming
“Fiscal Cliff.” However one thing that seems apparent to someone like
myself is the increasingly changing tone or tenor heard across the media
landscapes.
To paraphrase what’s emerging are lyrics such as, “Well it’s not
really a cliff – it’s more like a slope.” or “Just because we go over
doesn’t really mean it’s something we can’t fix.” These are probably the
most dangerous warning signs one can hear if you’ve ever been involved
in crisis management.
Crisis or turn around management is not for the faint of heart. The
landscape is littered with the unsuccessful. It’s a pretty exclusive
club. So being part of this club more than just once, I believe I can
share a little perspective.
Truth Remains Stranger than Fiction
I read with sadness several stories this weekend about General Petraeus confessing to cheating on his wife (circled left, seated next to her husband) with his biographer (circled right)
As if the story couldn't get any more tawdry, take note of the title of the book she wrote about him:
Post-Election Thoughts
The opening segment of NFTRH 212 did what an unbiased financial
writer probably should not do and discussed politics. Then 24 pages of
straight analysis followed.
Financial writers far and wide are weighing in on the US Presidential
election result and its implications. So jumping into the ring, here
are mine.
For the third cycle in a row I cast a protest vote. After voting for George Bush in 2000 (actually it was more a vote against
Al Gore) I wrote in Ron Paul in 2004 and 2008. This year I voted for
Gary Johnson, although I do not consider myself a Libertarian. I
consider myself an independent who has long since been alienated from a
two party system that looks a lot like dangerously competitive cartoons
from opposite ends of a narrowly constructed ideological spectrum.
