Well, now that THIS nonsense is out of the way (with a complete pratfall by John “no thanks, I’m not that hungry” McAfee)………….
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.
Thanks For Not Molesting Me!
I realize that since the beginning of time, parents take note of how utterly different things are in the present day than in their own childhood. I’m certain that in 2000 B.C. the mothers and fathers of the ancient times could only shake their heads about how easy kids had it compared to the horrible period of 2020 B.C. when they had to do chores and earn a living by the age of five and all that.
At the risk of falling into that cliche, I’ve got to say the same thing, although from a somewhat different angle. This will be easiest to explain by telling the story.
When I was about 13 to 14 years old, I was a pretty active touring cyclist. I would go on longish journeys in beautiful places such as the Napa wine country. I’ve never been inclined to athleticism (don’t let my physique fool you………), and no one pushed me to go. I simply enjoyed it, and almost every Saturday I would join my friends at the Orinda Spoke & Pedal, and we would set off on whatever journey we had planned that weekend.
(more…)Fiscal Fitness
In spite of lifetime highs in most areas, the financials continue to look vulnerable. I mean, not everyone can be Netflix and Amazon, right? Anyway, the Analog From Hell is still utterly intact on the XLF:
Emerging Bombs
Just about the only “honest” market left is bonds, which are reflecting the true underlying state of the world economy. The emerging bonds market, which peaked on January 5th, has been following a gorgeous pathway lower.
