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.

Shits Ahoy!

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Long-time readers know of my lifelong disdain for anything related to cruises. Having experienced a cruise precisely zero times, I nonetheless harbor an abiding loathing for the things, since I vividly imagine them to be gargantuan floating hotels, peopled with morbidly obese gastropods who are desperate to interrupt the emptiness of their lives with a brief bacchanalia lined with all-you-can-eat buffets. The entire enterprise disgusts me.

With that sparkle-eyed introduction, I am delighted to report that Royal Carribean Group (RCL) is getting absolutely nuked this morning. I suspect their profits have been severely diminished by the gluttonous blobs bobbing up and down on their ships, eating far too much fried chicken and cheesecake.

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Lucky Twenty-One

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Below are the charts of the twenty-one, count ’em, twenty-one equities in which I have short positions. As usual, I have zoomed in to whatever relevant history I believe is most germane to illustrate why I am bearish on each position (although admittedly some are easier for me to defend than others!) I’ve watermarked the charts with the symbol, and I’m showing the twenty charts past the first one only to premium members of Slope, who are the sole source of revenue for this place and make all of this possible!

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