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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.
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Give Generously
In case you’re wondering who our masters are across the world, guaranteed by their governments to never fail under any circumstances, irrespective of laws broken:
A Million Little Burritos
Perhaps you heard yesterday that, after the close, Chipotle (CMG) announced a 50-for-1 stock split. This makes sense, because the stock is about $3,000 per share, and I don’t think they’ve ever bothered splitting it until now. This news alone, which obviously has nothing at all to do with corporate economics, blasted the stock to a new lifetime high.
BonbonBONDs
The bond market, known as the debt or the credit market, is where investors go to buy and sell debt securities issued by corporations or governments. The U.S. bond market is more than 30 percent larger than the stock market in terms of total value of securities traded.
Bonds are given an investment grade, denoting the risk a bond has of defaulting. A bond with a “AAA” or “A” rating is high-quality, while an “A”- or “BBB”-rated bond is medium risk. Bonds with a BB rating or lower are considered to be high-risk.
Bonds are susceptible to risks such as inflation and interest rates. Aren’t those key topics of the day/month/year? So. Shouldn’t we be paying attention?
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