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 Cynical Seven

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When the markets are going up day after day, week after week, and month after month, I get especially contemplative. I probably think way too much for my own good anyway, but it’s “worse” when the markets are doing nothing but making daily new highs.

I think it’s fairly common for folks to think about the fantasy of leaping back to their younger selves and giving them some kind of advice or counsel which would serve them well. I’m not talking about something silly and specific like “Buy Bitcoin in 2010 and never, ever sell it” but something more general. This may come off as super-cynical, but it isn’t really meant to be. These are honestly the must-have tips I would offer my younger self for persistent success in the post-1987 U.S. equity market:

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Pure Imagination

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I suspect most of you have heard about the incident in Glasgow, Scotland, in which parents and children alike were beckoned to buy tickets to have a “chocolate experience” created by none other than Willy Wonka which would be “a chocolate fantasy like never before“. Fanciful images were offered to suggest the kind of sensational, vibrant paradise that could be experienced at this one-of-a-kind event.

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