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.
Oscar to Oscar
This weekend, I’ll be attending an Oscars party. Just like last year. The difference is the market has totally changed its attitude.
You see, last year, all holy hell was breaking lose, and in that environment, a chart like the one below (NYCB) would be crashing the entire market.
How about today? No one cares. Because every disaster is “contained“.
What a difference a year makes, huh?
Stripe Stripped
One of the biggest unicorns in the universe, Stripe is an incredibly successful company. I’m a happy customer of theirs myself. I wanted to share this chart to illustrate, however, that private companies have ups and downs in their valuations as well, and certainly their employees could attest to that.
Bank On It
All eyes are on NYBC, but there are other financial institutions that are looming in real danger.
(more…)New York Community Bankrupt
Quite the wipeout with NYCB, eh? I wonder when that horrific, disgusting vermin-pig Yellen will leap to their aid instead of letting them die, as they deserve (and most banks in 2008 should have………..).