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.
Thumbs Up and Down
I don’t know where things stand with the government shutdown (although you know my strident views on it). It’s interesting to know that the federal government is the LEAST loved entity among the dozens shown here, with Ol’ Farmer Brown being at the romantic top, harkening back to our agrarian past.
De Plane! De Plane!
No, Tattoo! It’s de-list, de-list! The quantity of public companies in the U.S. has been shrinking massively for years. In 1996, when Prophet was still a two-person company, there were over 8,000 stocks. These days, they are HALF that many, even with the economy vastly bigger than it was in those salad days.
Solid Saucer
On Friday, I went “all in” for one of my portfolios in IEF, the medium-term bond fund. The saucer setup is absolutely magnificent, and I wanted something conservative, long, and well-formed for this particular portfolio.
Government Shutdown Odds
Place your bets! (I tried to embed it, but the damned thing didn’t work……..)
