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.
Triple-digit tariffs for goods from China. This threat has come from the President repeatedly, but it is losing its efficacy. Why? Because he never means what he says. He just………..says stuff.
Of course, in simpler times, people actually believed him. Early this year, when he was rattling his sword about tariffs, the markets absolutely freaked. The /NQ, as an example, lost thousands and thousands of points, culminating in a tailspin that didn’t stop until April 7th.
Well, there were two major earnings reports this afternoon, and I like the look of ’em both:
An easy-to-grasp presentation of the most unequal (Brazil) and equal (Slovakia) countries based on wealth distribution.
Yesterday, I came THIS close (holding fingers very closely together) to buying PALL (the palladium ETF) only because I want to own this and figured that it was at least cheaper than it had been a couple of days prior. Luckily, the moment I glanced at the gold and silver charts, I dropped that notion, because it’s going to be a while before precious in general is cheap enough to be appealing. (Indeed, /PA was smacked down about 7% earlier this morning).
Some perspective on how crypto is holding up against stuff you can actually hold.
