Here is how different sections of the world transport themselves from place to place. As you can see, America’s reliance on cars is gargantuan compared to everyone else, who walks and bicycles vastly more.

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.
Here is how different sections of the world transport themselves from place to place. As you can see, America’s reliance on cars is gargantuan compared to everyone else, who walks and bicycles vastly more.

Here’s some perspective at how the past five years have been in the equity markets of various countries. India wins, China loses, and everyone else is in between.


A week ago today, it looked like the world was ending. Right now, people are convinced everything is going to be peachy until the end of time. All the worries are gone, so markets have roared higher. My view is that the retracement I was hoping for has fully transpired, and as just one example, the emerging markets have almost perfectly sealed their gap (and their fate).
