Originally published on TheTechTrader.com.
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.
Plus-flation
I did a Slope+ post back on September 6th titled Is Plus Too Cheap? You can probably guess what it is about. I wrote, in part, the following:
I’d like to ask Slope Plus folks a very quick favor: to take literally a moment to fill out a one-question survey. I want to make one point emphatic right now: the price you pay for Slope Plus is NOT going to change. I simply want to take a survey for FUTURE subscribers. So don’t worry about shooting yourself in the foot!
As you’ve probably already gathered, I’m wondering if I am selling Slope Plus too cheaply. I work quite hard on the content, but my brain is kind of stuck in the world of what prices were back in 1985 or so. I still think a plane ticket from SFO to LAX should be about $39, and I’m surprised when it’s five times that much. So I think the same kind of “anchoring” caused me to badly underprice Plus.
Color Bar
Tiki Torched
I’ve mentioned Pier One (PIR) on Tastytrade and here on Slope many times over the past year as a prospective short, because it has an insane parallel with its performance during the financial crisis. We appear to be in full swing now, and I suspect – as before – this purveyor of tiki torches, throw pillows, herbal tea, and various and sundry crap from around the world will be heading into penny-stock-land once more.
