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.
ありがとう
I’d like to tip my hat to the land of the rising sun for single-handedly throwing a rotten piece of sushi into the market. As the Yen continues to soar in value (against the wishes of Japan’s Powers That Be), our own market is falling to pieces. It was up double-digits on the ES this morning. It’s approaching the same value with a negative sign in front of it right now. (more…)
I Pray Bernanke Sings This For All Eternity
Friday Festivities
Although today’s runup to new lifetime highs across most indexes doesn’t make me feel like celebrating, it’s Friday, so………….. (more…)
Time in a Bottle
It should come as no surprise to any of you that I have a deep fondness for melancholy music, and one of my favorite childhood songs from the 1970s was Jim Croce’s Time in a Bottle. The tale surrounding the song is itself rather sad; he wrote the song for his not-yet born son, A.J. Croce. In September of 1973, soon after his son was born, Jim died in a small plane crash in my home state of Louisiana.
I was listening to this song again yesterday, recalling how beautiful it was, so I thought I’d share it with my fellow Slopers (whom I chose to go through time with!)
