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.

Best of 2020: Part 6 of 8

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Preface to all eight parts: This year was an extraordinary one for the world and an amazing one for Slope. Our user base has grown, our site has dozens more features, and we are poised for a great 2021, which will be our sixteenth year in business. Out of the thousands of posts this year, we have picked some we believe you will enjoy re-reading the most.

If you want access to more of Slope’s content and features (or if you simply want to support the site, since subscriptions are our sole revenue source), please consider taking advantage of these special lifetime discounts:

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Dutch
The death of a Slope legend

Boomerangs and Greased Logs
You’ll want to read it just to figure out why I titled it this way

The Billionaire and the Bums
When I saw a human foot sticking out of the garden shed………

When Ummmm Gets You Fired
The gold medal winner for political correctness gone totally berserk.

Slope’s Greatest Long
It was early 2013 that Slope touted Tesla. The rest is history.

Real Science
Let’s take a look at what science was telling us from my textbook

Hot Air
I think this post took more work than any other I did all year.

Raindrops and the Ocean
One of my “meaning of life” posts, inspired by honeybees

Casey Serin Reincarnated
I am reminded of another greasy huckster from years gone past

Rot
Work Hard? Be Nice? Out with you!

Best of 2020: Part 5 of 8

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Preface to all eight parts: This year was an extraordinary one for the world and an amazing one for Slope. Our user base has grown, our site has dozens more features, and we are poised for a great 2021, which will be our sixteenth year in business. Out of the thousands of posts this year, we have picked some we believe you will enjoy re-reading the most.

If you want access to more of Slope’s content and features (or if you simply want to support the site, since subscriptions are our sole revenue source), please consider taking advantage of these special lifetime discounts:

  • Bronze at 9.95/month (33% discount)
  • Silver at 19.95/month (33% discount)
  • Gold at 34.95/month (33% discount)
  • Diamond at 39.95/month (50% discount)

Phasing Back
My opinion on what sectors of the economy would re-open

A Short History of Market Crashes
Springheel Jack walks us through the carnage.

Via Mundi
Political manipulations in the economy – – a pretty epic post.

Rage Against the Wrong Machine
One of my favorite posts of the entire year. Riots, mayhem, and the Fed

Still Alive
I never thought I’d do a post about Paul Williams, but here it is

We Can’t Go Back
Why things will never be the same after Covid-19

Peak College
A deep dive into the Varsity Blues scandal.

Cheater
The game of Monopoly as an allegory for the Federal Reserve

Remembrances of Things Past
I get a first-hand taste of just how different it is in a post-Covid world

Un-American
Why free enterprise is now dead in the once-great United States

Best of 2020: Part 4 of 8

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Preface to all eight parts: This year was an extraordinary one for the world and an amazing one for Slope. Our user base has grown, our site has dozens more features, and we are poised for a great 2021, which will be our sixteenth year in business. Out of the thousands of posts this year, we have picked some we believe you will enjoy re-reading the most.

The Strange Smell of Success
Slope of Hope suddenly gets really, really popular

Sputtering to a Stop
Watching the world slow down just prior to the shutdown

It’s Finally Broken
The Dow Industrials collapses 2,000 points (boy, those were the days)

The Curse of Abundance
Definitely one of the favorite business tales I’ve ever shared.

Just Screw It
How my Nike put options made a huge profit that I managed to avoid.

Letter for the Ages
I received an extraordinary letter from a young trader.

Liberation Day
Recapping an incredible first quarter. Little did I know, the fun was over

Much Good Has Sprung From Misfortune
Some thoughts on how bad news can be good news in disguise

The Rabbit’s Habit
My local Whole Foods had all the Aloe Vera leaves you might want.

Best of 2020: Part 3 of 8

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Preface to all eight parts: This year was an extraordinary one for the world and an amazing one for Slope. Our user base has grown, our site has dozens more features, and we are poised for a great 2021, which will be our sixteenth year in business. Out of the thousands of posts this year, we have picked some we believe you will enjoy re-reading the most.

If you want access to more of Slope’s content and features (or if you simply want to support the site, since subscriptions are our sole revenue source), please consider taking advantage of these special lifetime discounts:

  • Bronze at 9.95/month (33% discount)
  • Silver at 19.95/month (33% discount)
  • Gold at 34.95/month (33% discount)
  • Diamond at 39.95/month (50% discount)

A Tale of Two Fridays
My unfortunate loss in TCO (which went into a free-fall the next month)

The It-Didn’t-Happen Rally
A study of how the market rallies based on what isn’t happening

L”Chaim
My horrifying encounter with life coaches

Forgive and Forget
On the subject of forgiveness

Numb Nation
My prediction that the VIX was about to explode (it did……)

The Tough Part
Considering the challenges of being steadfast during market turmoil

And There You Are
The bank sector falls apart

Sleepless in Shallow Alto
The market’s collapse was so exciting, I couldn’t even sleep anymore

Bubble in the Level
The pitch-perfect charts that were following the collapse

Federal Preserves
An excursus on why I’m better than the Federal Reserve.

Best of 2020: Part 2 of 8

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Preface to all eight parts: This year was an extraordinary one for the world and an amazing one for Slope. Our user base has grown, our site has dozens more features, and we are poised for a great 2021, which will be our sixteenth year in business. Out of the thousands of posts this year, we have picked some we believe you will enjoy re-reading the most.

Diminishing Returns
My frantic short-selling starts to dry up

Fed Panics. Tim Cheers.
The Federal Reserve goes absolutely “all in” to save the rich

A Crucial Weekend
The last big weekend before the crash stopped in its tracks

Frogs From the Sky
The plague comes to Silicon Valley

Sand Castles and Fed Waves
Reflections on Q1 of 2020

Powell’s Pathetic Perversion
Treatise on why exactly I have such a bug up my ass about the Fed

Pain-Free Debt
Trillions and Trillions (say it in a Carl Sagan voice)

Forget the Prick
Has the bubble burst for good? I guess not.

Ex Squeeze Me
My tale of my car being hit by someone I know