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.
Excellent Oatmeal Entry
I have long been a fan of web comic The Oatmeal for a variety of reasons (not the least of which is that he successfully fought off the doucheist attorney in these here United States, and completely shamed the man too, as frosting on the cake). The latest entry is particularly good: you may never have thought mantis shrimp were awesome (I certainly didn’t), but you will soon change your mind
Sunny Skies Equities Die
As I’m writing this the S&P is in beautiful new all time high territory. The concept of a correction has now been downgraded to, at worst, a gap down in the morning to be bought and at best, a five point intraday drop. This is the world we live in. And the consensus seems to be that this will continue for the foreseeable future. Every central bank in the world is printing, there is zero fear, and we are now in Livermore’s AOT market meaning “buy any old thing.”
A Second Chance from AutoZone
Another day, another historic record in equities!
Perhaps you’d think I’d give up shorting. Not a chance! I’m delighted to be selling into this kind of strength. I offer for your consideration Exhibit A: AutoZone. I shorted it Monday and bought puts. I covered it yesterday and sold those puts, both at a profit. With today’s strength, I am repeating Monday’s action, with the intend of holding it longer than just a day.
Fallen Heroes Day 2
I tend to avoid talking politics as my own libertarian views aren’t widely shared, but I’ve been listening with great amusement on the radio this morning to UK Feminists having to acknowledge that Margaret Thatcher advanced the cause of women’s rights while criticizing everything else about her. She would have enjoyed that too, as while she was definitely a feminist (small f) in favor of equality for women, she despised Feminism (the political movement) as hopelessly left wing and misandrist (the female equivalent of misogynist meaning hater of women).
