Like I said just last week……….
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.
SRSously?
Want to see a financial instrument that’s been carving out a series of higher highs and higher lows later, and has enjoyed a 15% appreciation since early August? Believe it or not, it’s that poor old battered beast we haven’t spoken about in years, the double-bearish ETF SRS:
To be sure, SRS has been viciously destroyed for years now, having peaked on a split-adjusted basis at $16,408.77 (yes, I’m serious) and presently trading at a level 99.8% lower than that. All the same, as my post earlier today about softening Palo Alto house prices suggested, we may well be past the peak of this particular bubble.
Lost My Home in 60 Days
For the longest time, I got emails from Zillow telling me, month after month, how my house was appreciating in value here in my beloved Palo Alto.
Recently, though, there’s been a bit of a change:
The funny thing is that the amount it has decreased in value – about $540,000 – is precisely what I paid for the entire house way back when I originally bought it.
Two Words Not Seen in Years
Has Palo Alto finally peaked? I think so.
Cloud Not Quite Nine
I’ve probably done six or seven posts in recent memory about the oh-so-expensive housing market around here, and honestly, even though I see crazy prices every day, I try to avoid doing posts like these, only because…….well………you get the point. But sometimes a place is just so danged ugly, I have to say something. Thus, I offer you:
