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.
Choking on Chinese Coal
So basically, all the hard work the rest of the planet is doing to reduce coal pollution is rendered absolutely meaningless by China belching out the stuff like 18th century London.
Perpetual Follow-Up
At the start of this month, I did this post which set about on an experiment. Specifically, I wanted to see if I put $10,000 into 25 historically very bullish stocks (what I call perma-risers) how they would do.
Well, the results are oddly satisfying, because so far, a couple of weeks into this experiment, they haven’t done a THING. Indeed, with the Dow at lifetime highs today, this portfolio is actually down about 0.5%. I think this simply illustrates, with a near-even split of winners and losers, and a net loss, that the breadth of this “bull” market absolutely stinks.
Fat Stacks
Here are some intriguing bearish opportunities whose prices are on the high side. As a person who simply buys puts, I am drawn to expensive stocks since there’s more juice in them. In other words, the absolute change in dollars can be much larger yielding bigger profits.
Another Musk Monopoly
As erratic as the man is, it’s hard to argue with his success. Tesla is the king of EVs. SpaceX is the king (by FAR) of space transportation. And it seems Starlink is the king of satellites.
