3 years ago – Slope of Hope with Tim Knight

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 Effect of Asset Inflation on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

By Tim Knight - 3 years ago (15, Dec 2020 4:06:40 PM)

A bicycle ride gave me some clarity, and I wanted to share those thoughts with you now. And the clarity wasn’t a total accident. I was going to run an errand on my bike, and I told myself as I got on, “I’m going to think about asset inflation on this ride.” In this absurdly controlled market, one has to strive to create decent content, so I decided to put my mind to work.

So I took off. I love my neighborhood. I took a few moments of video on my bike to show how pleasant it is. Just block after block of this:

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….And Be Merry

By Tim Knight - 3 years ago (15, Dec 2020 12:55:14 PM)

If your town is anything like mine, it has been losing all the good restaurants, left and right. Sure, the crappy mega-chains like Cheesecake Factory aren’t going anywhere, but the interesting, small places – – dying, dying, and dying. Here are some stats.

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Pew! Pew!

By Tim Knight - 3 years ago (15, Dec 2020 11:20:48 AM)

Meme stocks. Story stocks. Hot IPOs. We’ve gone from madcap to madcapper. Take Luminar, for instance. Please.

Here’s what happened to the volume in recent weeks. As you can see, it has increased by thousands of percent.

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This Market in One Image

By Tim Knight - 3 years ago (15, Dec 2020 8:38:29 AM)

rdfn — *Yes, this is their actual daily price data for the past few weeks.*

High Defiers

By Tim Knight - 3 years ago (15, Dec 2020 5:40:49 AM)

As this lunatic year works its way to an end, I wanted to share seven stocks I’m short which have been doing quite well lately. My belief is their prospects for much lower prices in the coming months is quite strong. After all, if these can weaken in the face of almost daily lifetime highs in the market, they have just the kind of intrinsic vulnerability I am seeking.

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