Slope of Hope Blog Posts

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The Yawning Chasm

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I read an interesting paragraph on Friday night (click for easier reading):

I decided to fire up a few charts and test that theory, because intuitively it makes a lot of sense. I therefore did percentage performance charts of three major, but differently-constructed, indexes – – the S&P 500, the NASDAQ 100, and the Russell 2000. Below, for instance, is this trio during a broadly healthy market period around 2004-2005. The indexes aren’t identical, of course, but on the whole they are moving with each other, with little in the way of meaningful variance.

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Under Starry Skies Above

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I really, really dislike crowds. I’ve always been that way. Solitude is my preferred state of being, or just with a few people whom I really like, but the idea of being in a crowd (be it at a stadium, a crowded public space, or what-have-you) is really off-putting to me. Thus, I’d like to say a personal thanks to my fate when I recognize I don’t like anywhere within this small circle of Earth that contains over half of its entire population! (Although I am grateful for all the cuisine that comes from there).

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