It's nice to be able to look at a computer screen for more than a couple of minutes again. I think I'm past the peak of my illness. I still have a lingering cough, and I'm still tired and weak, but I have a little more pep now than I've had in recent days.
Last year started off with my toe abscess and snowballed from there to become the horror show of 2020. I really hope this year doesn't follow a similar pattern.
Old-timey investors and traders will be familiar with the story of the Hunt Brothers. As the official story goes, they tried to corner the silver market, made some powerful enemies, and ultimately got squashed by the finance-government machine. They were dragged in front of Congress and officially scolded so that the people would know without a doubt who the real villains were.
Of course, the official story and the true story are two different things. Plenty of people think the Hunt Brothers were the victims of the whole event, not the villains. But even if that's true, it doesn't matter, because that "truth" didn't help the Hunt Brothers. They still went down. In the end, all that matters is who gets bailed out and who gets squashed.
We're now seeing a similar setup with GameStop. There's a short squeeze on, and someone will end up paying the piper on Friday when the options expire. The longs are confident that they'll come out on top, but I'm not so sure. History shows that being on the right side of a trade isn't enough. You also must be on the right side of those who make the rules, because the powers that be will change those rules on a whim if that's what it takes for them to protect themselves from the unwashed masses.
I think there's going to be a lot of bitterly disappointed investors next week, and I don't think they'll all be on the short side.
But perhaps I'm wrong and this time will be different.
It's been a long week. It started on Friday. I felt weak and tired and achy all day. In the early evening, I started getting chills, and that's when I knew I had a fever.
Saturday morning, the fever broke. I was surprised it only lasted as long as it did. I was eating bacon at the time that I noticed I had started sweating (signifying the fever breaking), so perhaps that cured me. Bacon is magical stuff.
Since then I've been coughing. It's a dry cough, not a wet one, but it's persistent. I've still been achy and tired and weak.
No, I haven't been tested for the covid, nor do I care to get tested. If I've got it, then I've had it long enough by now so that I know it's not going to kill me. (But I knew that anyway due to my age and general health level.) I'm treating the symptoms with cough syrup, cough drops, and pain killers. I'm not eating much solid food, but I'm trying to force myself to drink plenty of fluids.
The sinus infection I had two years ago was a lot worse than this. So I'm not worried, and you shouldn't be, either.
Anyway, that's my status. I haven't spent much time on the computer. In my sensitive condition, focusing on the screen makes my eyes water. Strangely, my Kindle Fire doesn't have that effect on me, so I've been reading a lot, working through some of my to-be-read list.
Hope y'all are doing better than me. Take care.
Been sick for the past few days. I came down with a fever on Friday, but it broke the next morning. Shortest fever I've ever had, I think. Even without the fever, though, I still feel weak and tired and have a slight cough.
Hope y'all are doing better. :(
Just wanted to say thanks to all the readers who have joined my mailing recently and downloaded or purchased my books. Y'all are my lifeblood, and I appreciate every one of you.
Take care folks, and thanks again. :)
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