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.

The Great Debate

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This upcoming Monday, September 26th, will be the first (of three) presidential debate. I have been looking forward to this day for literally months. It’s not too soon to get the popcorn popping, the soft drinks chilling, and the air horns waiting.

I have written about this astonishing election off and on during the course of the year. Like most of the country, I am not a fan of either candidate. It seems to me most of the interest in either candidate is simply based on despising the other one. My view is this: if Hillary Clinton is elected, it will be for a similar reason for Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. He did it by not being George Bush, and she’ll do it by not being Donald Trump.

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The Day That Wasn’t There

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Ummm, so yeah, Slopers, I have pretty much nothing to say about the market that I didn’t already say in my posts this weekend, and here’s why:

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So with a market this stuck-in-the-muck, frozen with fear (or excitement) about the blinkered, idiotic Central Bankers that dominate 48 hours (late Tuesday through early Wednesday), this is pretty much just a waiting game and a big waste of time.

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