Here’s a Mack truck full of crap from 2018 about a new car maker named Fisker:
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.
Hey, That’s a Real Shame……
Herbalife Dies
Remember the dreadful Bill Ackman/Carl Icahn feud back in the day? Ackman was a big HLF bear, and he had a monster short position, whereas Icahn was a HLF bull and mercilessly taunted Ackman all the way up. Ackman had this short going from 2012 until 2019, but he couldn’t take it anymore, so he got out at a huge loss around June 2019.
Upstart and Mark
Upstart is down about 94% from its 2021 peak, thanks to the fact it makes no money at all. In a normal, organic market, this stock woudl have never gone public in the first place.
Beyond the Beyond
OK, can this be it? Please? Can we, at long last, admit the world has gone entirely insane? Because this one guy is asking for $7,000,000,000,000 for his business.
As a gentle reminder, Apple, the largest company on the planet, was funded with $1,100, which came from selling an HP Calculator and a VW Bus.
