Exactly one month ago, the hottest investment in the solar system was emerging markets, such as EEM, shown below. These days? It’s dead, Jim.

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.
Thumbing through my Recents watch list (where I keep relatively young stocks), I am struck by the fact that companies that deal with materials – – stuff you can hold in your hands that’s usually dug from the earth – – have been breaking down notably. Just sayin’.

I read constantly, focusing on quality publications such as The Atlantic, the New York Times, The Information, and, of course, the Slope of Hope. One site I don’t bother with, as you might guess, is the radical-right site NewsMax, whose design sensibilities seem to be taken directly from the year 1997.
You will note something on their home page which you don’t find on most respected news sites, which is their ticker symbol prominently displayed near the top.
