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.
Pen and Ink
Will the BTFP Die?
The spawn of Satan, and one of the most truly horrible people to ever walk the earth, Janet Yellen, has had many criminal success stories during her wretched life. Surely at the top of these achievements must be her scandalous program BTFP, which distributes risk-free billions to any bank who asks, which must only be collateralized with paper that is valued at par, irrespective of its actual value. As you can see, the banks have cheerfully accepted this handout from this snake. A meaningful fraction of a trillion dollars has been handed out to this wretched creature’s Rolodex entries.
(more…)Life Begins at 100
Apparently, people over the age of 100 will be increasing greatly in number. Ummm, no thanks. You can take me out at 70, while I still look fabulous.
Tagged & Bagged (1 of 3)
For the long holiday weekend, I went through my regular watch lists (not my Bear Pen) to pluck out twenty-seven stocks which I believed were intriguing and worth sharing (and, as you might guess, are all bearish). I have watermarked these with their tickers, and I have zoomed in on the portions of history which I believe are most germane. Here are nine of them:
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