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.
Serge’s Surge
Long-time friend-of-Slope-from-Paris Serge Ferra (whose twitter feed is here) was kind enough to kick over the interesting chart below. He actually sent this to me yesterday, before eBay’s surge, which makes it an even more compelling short idea: (more…)
Another Ominous Chart
Another Ominous Chart
On Twitter recently, macro trader “Dividend Master” shared this ominous chart of NYSE margin debt, noting that previous spikes coincided with the end of last secular bull market, in March, 2000, and preceded the end of the previous cyclical bull market by a few months in 2007. (more…)
Rube Goldberg Would’ve Been Proud
It’s kind of shocking for me to state, but I’ve been using personal computers for a third of a century now (good GOD……..). I’ve used many different machines, had many different experiences, and have ascended a wide variety of learning curves. (more…)
