A woman wading through a flooded subway station in Manhattan on Thursday.
(more…)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.
Another Leg Up For AMC?
A promo for UFC 264 shared by AMC Theaters on Twitter over the weekend.
(more…)“A Structural Inflation Shock”
The H.F. Lee natural gas power plant near Goldsboro, NC. Image via Duke Energy/Flickr.
(more…)Investing In A State Of Fear
Think back New Year’s Eve, and all the uncertainty still surrounding COVID, and the aftermath of a disputed election. If an investor told you he had $500,000 and was unwilling to risk a drop of more than 20% over the next six months, what would you have suggested he do?
We addressed this question in a post published on New Year’s Day: New Year, State Of Fear:
Our approach to investing in a state of fear is to buy likely winners and hedge away the fear. Here’s an example, followed by an explanation. Let’s say that you have $500,000 in cash you want to put to work in 2021, but you aren’t willing to risk a drawdown of more than 20%. If you indicated that in our hedged portfolio construction tool on New Year’s Eve,
(more…)That Elusive Silver Squeeze…
At least this silver bar is pretty to look at (image via r/SilverBugs).
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