Of the equity ETFs out there, I’m particularly focused on shorting those south of the border. Two of my favorites are below. I’m especially enamored of Mexico’s ETF, symbol EWW, since I entered a big short position on it before the close yesterday and it’s been off to the races all day. As for the title of this post, there are a lot of old memories kicking around my head from my misspent youth. (more…)
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.
Bear Goggles
I don’t know whether there’s an equivalent term in the US, but in the UK the term beer goggles describes the process whereby drinking a sufficiently large amount of alcohol can magically transform otherwise uninteresting members of the opposite sex into interesting and highly attractive people. The effect is temporary, but can be very strong. (Editor’s note: it’s the same here, Jack!) (more…)
