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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.
Corporate Grifter
Pictures of Lilly
I have an innate disdain for all pharmaceutical companies. They strike me as corrupt, bloated, and criminal beneficiaries of government stupidity. One of the biggest is Eli Lilly (LLY) which, as you can see from the long-term chart below, has done quite well sucking town hundreds of billions from the nitwitted government that showers them with cash every second of the day.
Hey, Not So VinFast!
I feel compelled to pick on VinFast (VFS) a bit more, since they pulled an absolutely goofy stunt back in August when they first came public. As you may recall, they released like 1% of their float into the public market, meaning that even a small amount of meme-driven buying sent the stock soaring. Ridiculously, this pipsqueak Vietnamese maker of poorly-rated electric cars had, in August, a market cap greater than GM and Ford combined, times TWO, and then some! This is truly one for the hall of shame…….
Incredibly Consistent
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stock that falls virtually every single day. It’s honestly incredible. One would think their business model was lighting a pile of cash on fire every day of the week.
