If you can tear yourself away from listening to Trump talk about the curtain’s he’s picked out (I’m serious) you might want to listen to this intelligent and insightful analysis from someone who knows what’s he’s talking about geopolitically.
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 Frog of War
We greet a brand-new day of General Bonespur’s Epstein Fury, and I am delighted to see a sea of red quotes.
Most indexes have cut below the panic lows of Sunday/Monday, and in spite of the market’s absolutely BIZARRE rally yesterday to levels that were seen before the war even started, all our bullish friends have had their clocks cleaned. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.
Tesla at Support
The world is obsessed with Elon becoming a trillionaire. Tesla’s value, an important element to that bizarre goal, peaked on December 22nd. It has lost about 20% of its value since then. From a charting perspective, what’s more important is that the price is at crucial support at about $400.
Men, Women, and Books
An interesting breakdown as to the kind of books folks buy from the most popular (mystery) to least (poetry!) as well as where women’s and men’s preferences fall (like, let’s say, romance book).
Iran’s Oil
Just to give you a sense as to how much the country has (to say nothing of all the transportation issues brought up for many other countries by the conflict):
