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 U.S. is Not a Capitalist Country

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Under the Federal Reserve system, the U.S. is not a capitalist country, it is a socialist welfare State for the elite, compliments of inflation

Socialism For the Elite, Not Capitalism

The distinction between the United States of America’s version of ‘green’ Socialism and what is traditionally known and reviled as ‘red’ Socialism is that the recipients of the welfare are wealthy asset owners/investors. You see, it’s okay when Socialism serves the ruling and majority classes.

You own a home that has appreciated in value to bubble proportions? You’re an asset owner and your asset has been inflated in perceived value, compliments of the Federal Reserve system. My wife and I sold our bubble asset a year ago at what I believe was the top of the market. I guess you’d call that bubble “Capitalism”.

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Big Beautiful Shrill

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That was one strange day we just went through. Between the Trump/Musk war, the no-deal-for-Japan, and the BBB passing the Senate, there was a news avalanche that buffeted the market all over the place. The /RTY, sadly, went into full blown squeeze mode. I dumped my IWM puts (7% loss) but re-entered just a simple short-sale on IWM at decently-high prices. Still, we have got to break back below the green line for this to have a prayer.

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