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.

The Ultimate Passive

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Well, he did it. Another million bucks. Ah, here, let me explain. When my father passed away, my siblings and I made the brilliant decision to liquidate his entire portfolio and distribute the cash. Out of curiosity, I made a spreadsheet to track what the profits/losses since those liquidation levels would have been had we done nothing. Well, the numbers speak for themselves.

Over a million extra dollars in profits, with the largest percentage gains coming from AMD and GLW. It seems my siblings are just as dumb as I am!

The Customer’s Yachts

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I know how sensitive you he-men snowflakes can be, so I’ll preface this by saying this post is in no way a violation of my pledge not to offend you pantywaists until November 1st. I’ve been exceptionally self-censorious, even though most of you actually would prefer I not, according to the poll data.

Having said that, this post’s title is based on the old joke about the father showing his son the yachts of the great brokers of New York City, to which his son asked, “But where are the customers’ yachts?” (You’ll note by the placement of the apostrophe that the lad had enough sense to distinguish between a singular and plural possessive).

The current chief executive of the federal government has made many billions of dollars while in office through various and sundry methods. Some of these schemes allow the investing public to participate. The man has made himself exceptionally rich, but I must ask: what about the rubes who bought into these various opportunities? Where are THEIR yachts? Tell me that.

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