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.
An Old Favorite Dedicated to Tyler Durden
A Slope Easter Tradition
Personal Bear Market
This post has gone through three lives in the past twenty-four hours.
The first life was in the swimming pool. I was taking my first swim of the year, since the water temperature was finally in the 80s. I am a “temp wimp”, so I really want the pool to be warm before I get in. Of course, once my ancient yellow lab Kobe saw me in there, he jumped right in too and swam right beside me. Although he is the human equivalent of over 100 years old, he is a far more capable swimmer. (more…)
Divine the Direction
People tend to “switch sides” almost instantly these days; if the market drops a day or two, everyone’s a screaming ZH-obsessed bear, and if the market rises during a single session, everyone becomes a here-come-new-highs Yellen-lovin’ bull. But take a step back and see what the NQ has been doing the past few weeks, and I think you’ll see that, on the whole, the intermediate-term direction is pretty clear.
