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.

Quartet of Years Begins

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One of my favorite comedians, David Cross (whom I saw in person a week ago) once explained why he didn’t make Trump jokes. He said it would be like trying to make fun of how the inside of a kaleidoscope looks righhhhhhht………now.

That’s how I’m going to feel about the financial markets in this new era. It’s going to be insane and difficult to summarize, because his whims and declarations are so fluid. Just over the holiday weekend, which is supposed to be pretty much dead in terms of financial movement, things seemed unhinged. The /ES, for instance, soared higher on word of no tariffs, and then plunged on word of 25% tariffs starting February 1st, and presently is generally higher just……..because.

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Dog Gone

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I came this close to getting a pup during the weekend at the San Francisco SPCA. This two-month-old cutie looked exactly like a baby Coda and, eerily, had the same name as my mom. For once, I made the mature decision to hold off until a more appropriate time, which is probably not until June. Still, she was a cutie, but I’m certain a new dog will come into our lives in the same mysterious way that all the others have, and at the right time. I’ll know when it’s time to say yes.

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