Reflecting on yesterday, it seems that the entirety of the world’s markets was guided with little more than this:
Internecine Spats
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.
Internal Repetition Service
No one likes getting mail from the IRS. I’m not different, and I suspect that you, like me, has a heart that skips a beat when one of those love letters shows up in his mailbox.
I’ve become numb to it, however. Why? Simple: because I get the same two letters, month after month, and year after year, for years. One letter looks like this:
The Lords of War
A Lucid Interview
This is a terrific listen……….
From Dawn to Musk
Last year, I made a number of predictions about Elon Musk’s role in the federal government. Specifically, I said that (a) he would never save the $2 trillion he claimed (b) he would be frustrated at the lumbering, sclerotic pace of government (c) he would quit by the spring and return to his corporate roles, where he enjoys absolute power.
Well, you’ve heard the news by now. A month ago, he was already inching away from all the DOGE stuff, and now he’s completely pulled the plug……………just like I predicted.
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