
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.
United Wealthcare
Well, well, well. How about that. One of the vilest corporations on the planet has been caught with their hands in the cookie jar, and they already badly damaged stock is getting nuked. And, yes, as you know, I have January 2026 puts galore on this sucker.

Dancing Beneath the Ceiling
I will be spending the first portion of the morning yet again heading to the airport, so I’m going to leave you a few charts to chew on. The theme here is that the market has stalled out underneath important resistance. Hopefully by the time you read this, a surging market won’t render my charts moot. In any case, I’ll be settled in at the airport a few hours into the trading day and can pick up my regimen then.

Peak People
May I suggest Africa join the rest of us in shrinking?

Inverted Thinking
An engaging and thought-provoking interview with Charlie Munger.
