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.

Always Something There to Remind Me

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First off, I only just happened to notice that I passed the 2,000 tweet mark on my Twitter page.

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This isn’t a particularly large number, but unlike some folks, I don’t tweet out every thought that crosses my mind and every run-of-the-mill task I’m doing at every hour of the day. I try to make my tweets count for something. Curious to see what the magical 2,000th tweet was, I looked back:

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Draghi Queen

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The bureaucratic touch-hole below tried to ruin my day, but he failed. I cancelled all 99 of my stops before the opening bell and, one by one, carefully examined each stock to re-assert a good stop price (which in virtually all cases was no different than before). My stock picks are doing so well that in spite of being completely short, I am a saucy combination of (a) fine; and (b) dandy.

Draghi thought his jaw-flapping would kill guys like me, but the bears will win the war after losing every battle. Bite me, Mario.

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