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.
Even though I’ve written about 40,000 posts (literally), I really do try to avoid repeating post titles. I’m making an exception here, though, since this Simon & Garfunkel line is truly in my heart.
Let’s do a monthly price bars review, shall we? I’ll focus on ETFs, with remarks in the caption of each.
One of the most horrifying parts of San Francisco is known as Civic Center. So much so, that when I wanted to write about the epicenter of lawlessness in my dystopian novel Solid State, I used Civic Center as my setting. I therefore found it unintentionally amusing that SF’s mayor tweeted this out:
Here’s a centuries-long perspective of interest rates, showing that, in spite of the relative explosion of rates higher, money basically gets cheaper to borrow over the span of modern history.
To those in America in their late teens or early 20s. To those graduating high school. To those in college. To those considering a career. I have one simple, plain thing to say………….
Learn to be a plumber. Or an electrician. Or a carpenter. Learn a trade. Dial the clock back to the 1950s when being a tradesman of some kind was an honorable, solidly middle-class professional with which you could support a family. You could be proud at the end of the day of what you did and whom you helped.
Very interesting stuff; of course, you have to decide to portion of the cycle we’re in………
