12/07/2020 — The Wisdom of Shitgen

I found the diversion interesting mostly because I was bored on a slow work day, but I didn’t take this fortune telling to heart. In my…

12/14/2020 — Selling The Top…

…and the bottom.

I can’t pick market tops and bottoms. Anyone who tells you that they can is a liar, and those that can aren’t going to tell you.

Online brokerage firms love to tout their magical software that enables hapless…

12/22/2020 — The COVID Strikes Back

I didn’t fully comprehend the expansive reach of The Empire when I first experienced Star Wars, so I felt pretty confident that by the end of the original film, The Rebellion had put an end to Darth and The Gang. A massive explosion, people cheering, and an elaborate…

12/03/2020 — Wishful Sinful

Wishful sinful² is a pretty accurate way to describe how I feel. I’ve felt…

12/08/2020 — The Market Is High

The market is high. Anyone with the ability to count can plainly see it flying high. It’s new all-time highs (S&P 500 and Nasdaq) spit in the face of a global pandemic, mass unemployment, economic uncertainty, and an upcoming first quarter of 2021 that will likely see a…

12/16/20 — My Christmas List

A government shutdown…or at least a threat of it.

That’s it. That’s all I want.

When the trading day quickly evolves into a non-stop, 24/7, never-sleeping intrusion into my life, the struggle of leaving work, at work, and not…

11/30/2020 — Fear and Greed

“Markets are driven by just two emotions: fear and greed.” -ancient Wall Street proverb