Here are the average ages of the continents of the world. As you can see, there are a gazillion kids being born in Africa, whereas Europe decided to stop reproducing decades ago.
No Country for Old Men
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Thursday Wrap
Marilyn Munro
I am loathe to cover anything these days, but I went ahead and took 30%+ profits on my Munro (MNRO) short, even though it was falling practically every day. I gave myself the excuse that it was getting close to its price gap, but between you and me, I’m probably going to regret this.
It Takes Two To Tango
In my last post on Thursday 5th March I was looking at the possible topping setups on the US indices in the light of the war on Iran that started on Saturday February 28th.
That war is ongoing and while the US is now extending feelers about a ceasefire to the Iranian side, those have so far been rejected. That may be because the initial attacks on Iran were launched while the last peace talks were still ongoing, or it could be that Iran’s new Supreme Leader is still a bit annoyed about his parents, wife, and one of his children being killed in those attacks, but ultimately the problem here is that while one side unilaterally can start a war by attacking, one side unilaterally can only end a war by surrendering. Any other outcome requires at least some cooperation between the warring sides.
(more…)Boring Success
There were five instances in Slope’s history in which I offered up Campbell’s Soup (CPB) as a short-selling idea. I always did so with a bit of embarrassment, because it seemed so boring and, let’s face it, how overvalued can a seller of canned soups be?
Let’s just say I was right. Again.
