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.
A Fascinating Eavesdrop
I stumbled upon this totally by chance, and it’s mesmerizing. These men didn’t know their conversation was being recorded (it isn’t clear who was doing the bugging), but it is riveting, particularly considering how high the stakes were. The mutual respect is also inspirational.
The Warren Collapse
I find these political betting sites charts nearly as fascinating as those for equities. Just look what a shooting star Elizabeth Warren turned out to be!

Hong Kong Phase 2
As a follow-up to this morning’s Hong Kong Phase 1 post, there is now more market action, thanks to the U.S. Congress taking an extraordinarily rare, virtually unanimous, opportunity to voice its support for Hong Kong. First it was the Senate, and now the House joins them. I mentioned this morning, ” The ES needs to crack 3100, however, to get a little more interesting.” Well, it has done so, and I think 3105 is a fairly important line in the sand on the ES.

And the Next President Is…
Yesterday I ran this post which included a one-answer poll about who Slopers thought would be elected next year President. I tried to stress they should vote for who they thought would win, but I’ve got a hunch most folks were “talking their book” and voted for who they wanted to win. Anyway, here are the results. Let’s see how it turns out 365 days from now!
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