We all laugh at Jim Cramer, it’s true, when he says to buy something and it immediately goes down. There was one instance, though – – the only one in history, I think – – where he not only admitted he had been wrong, but he broke down into tears and apologized for screwing up so bad, after his followers had their heads handed to them.
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.
Cramer Mistakes Remix
Douches vs. Your Host
One of the many, many delights of this bear market is how scumbags, charlatans, and come-on artists are getting nailed. It’s bizarre, because I have offered intelligent, well-reasoned insights for 18 years and have a modest following, whereas the bro douchebags have MILLIONS of followers. Oh, well. They’re going to prison, and I get to stay home with my family.

Lulz from the SVB Website
Since I entered Friday massively short, and have zero buying power left, I was bored enough to wander over to a place I’ve never been in my life – – the Silicon Valley Bank website – – and take a look around.
I thought I’d share some nuggets from there, since, for the moment, the website is still up and running. As you might guess, since this is a financial institution, it is absolutely SLATHERED with virtue-signaling. Indeed, there’s not a white male to be found anywhere except for their actual senior leadership page, which is the kind of do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do hypocrisy rampant in modern American corporations, particularly banks.
(more…)Cheating
As long-time readers know, I’m a huge MST3K fan. Below is one of my favorite shorts ever. Pure genius.