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Thoughts of an old Analyst about the Current Financial Markets

Origially posted Feb. 3 2021. I worked at an investment bank in the late 90’s and moved on in early 2000. Rats, it’s rumored, are the first to flee a sinking ship. In the brokerage industry, the metaphor says the analysts, the watchers of trends, are the first to exit before a big decline. I departed the firm in a… Read More »Thoughts of an old Analyst about the Current Financial Markets

Software Updates are Hell

The last week has been an inferno of sizzlingly slow downloads, agonizing loading bars, and the endless torture of researching how to adapt to ‘things that have changed’ for no obviously good reason.  With little to do in pandemic lockdown, the time was right to update all my devices, operating systems, apps and all. I’ve couldn’t help but notice that… Read More »Software Updates are Hell