Amazing that a firm founded by the son of a convicted felon would be in the S&P 500 now.
The Inexplicable Carvana
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.
Dead Money
Remember when the market held on to every little tick change with NVDA? It’s become a total bore. The net change from July 31st through December 8th..……….
DO Something!
You know how this goes. When an important FOMC meeting is on its way, everyone just sits around staring at one another, anticipating the big moment when another utterly pointless rate cut is announced, thus freeing them to trade again. Until then, it’s an endless, mind-numbing grind-fest!!!
Good Decision, Bad Decision
I hope whomever it was at American Eagle decided to pay Sydney Sweeney to be their spokesmodel is being amply rewarded, because………..it worked.
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Motions that Matter
It’s gratifying to see that my sneering disposition toward crypto isn’t blowing up in my face. Indeed, the entire crypto insanity – – which may well turn out to be the biggest financial wipeout in human history – – is looking awfully sour. David Sacks, the grotesque (but chosen) Crypto Tsar of the U.S. of A., has weaseled his way into the White House on behalf of himself and his billionaire buddies to make even more billions off crypto with such monstrosities as the so-called GENIUS Act.
You can see how much good it’s doing:
