When I was in college, there were almost no international students. I had no idea that over a quarter of Harvard was from overseas. The school must love them, because they have to pay full freight.
Full Freight
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.
The Implied Truth
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(more…)Steve’s Briefs!
Snow Red
Continuing along with the list of stocks I introduced in my Goldilocks post, here are my other eight short positions:
Goldilocks and the Bears
You know the drill! Below are half of my current short positions (the other half will be in a subsequent post). I’m still quite light – only a 62% commitment level – in light of the nearly daily occurrence of lifetime highs on major indexes.
