As most of you know, I don’t tend to be the buy-and-hold sort. Would that I were, surely I’d have many more millions than I do now. But – ah well – cursed by a depressive personality, I suppose. But as I’ve said before, there have been two rather involuntary buy-and-holds, and both have done amazingly well. One is a business investment, which will probably pan out wonderfully, and the other is my house. It is this second one that is getting an unusually large amount of attention, given the insane environment in which I live. (more…)
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.
Extrapolating The Ridiculous
If there’s one thing that just bewilders me, it’s when I listen to someone explain why they think or believe a certain outcome is inevitable by way of extrapolating previous data points, then bringing them into the present as if they still have the same meaning. (more…)
The Cleanest Real Estate Short
Homebuilders Setting Up for New Tumble
Home Construction About to Break
As interest rates continue to climb, real estate is rotting away – – individual symbols like FR, ARE, MHO are all having good down-days for me; this is all nicely captured with the home construction ETF, shown below, which is about to break beneath a well-formed head and shoulders formation: (more…)
