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.

Counter-Trend Failing

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I like this new trend: the bulls came out each day, prancing and giggling, trying to push the market higher, and then they get smacked across their freshly-shaven cheeks by reality. Look, Earth. The market is more overvalued than any time in the history of the planet. It should be 80% lower. These little counter-trends are absurd. Still, they provide opportunities to short at good prices, so – – thanks, Mr. Lee! You’re a peach!

Shorting the Fatties

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Eli Lilly has traditionally scared me. I mean, let’s face it, a totally evil company that sells drugs at 10,000 the times of the cost of materials which has the pathetic U.S. healthcare system over a barrel is a pretty damned good business model. It is sporting a P/E in the triple digits, which is normally what you would associate with a new biotech company at the cusp of curing cancer, not an ancient organization that sells stupidly named pills to the desperate.

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