News for March 2020

Quarantine Musical Capers

Posted: March 27th, 2020
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Going Big Friday

With all of this COVID Scare, the market has been thrashed over the past 2 weeks. A month ago, a day +/- 100 would envoke emotion (elation/fear). Today, the new norm is a fluctuation of 500 – 2000 points. It’s crazy – and people have been panicking. Panic is the word – the lever, the ‘GO’.

“A market downturn doesn’t bother us. It is an opportunity to increase our ownership of great companies with great management at good prices.” — Warren Buffett
“You make most of your money in a bear market, you just don’t realize it at the time.” — Shelby Cullom Davis

This is literally a once-in-a-lifetime market. Tomorrow, I get my annual bonus. I have been waiting for this, doing due diligence over the past 2 weeks. I will be increasing my MSFT and AMZN holdings bigly, as well as adding some additional tickers to my portfolio – relative to travel and hospitality.

Hell – practically everything is on sale right – a BOGO event, if you will.

Go Big.

Posted: March 26th, 2020
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Google News

These are the types of articles that make the news when everyone is on lockdown and there are no sports on.

Posted: March 25th, 2020
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COVID Madness — The Start?

Tina and I have been talking about how we must write down our experiences and thoughts during this pandemic. It’s been just over a week now since it’s hit society hard. 8 Days ago, I was picking up a VP from the airport to tour stores together – a pretty typical day, I guess. Effective that morning, field leaders had received an email announcing stricter standards with safety … this was around the time we started hearing the term ‘social distancing’.

After I dropped Mike (said VP) off at the airport, I headed south to El Paso, TX. It’s a 4 hour drive from ABQ. As I drove, I would periodically check the news on my phone (not the smartest thing but whatever). The news grew darker and darker. The news was a curiosity, though. Especially with Trump’s farcical leadership.

The President is just an embarrassment, frankly. His ramblings (‘Incredible’ ‘Tremendous’ ‘Huge’ ‘Great’ ‘Winning’) and inability to stick to the script for Pandemic Updates are just terrible. It is painful to hear him talk and it’s just best to ignore the news at this point. Washington (state) has even opted to not carry his updates live due to his messaging.

Every once in a moment I catch myself wanting to call a friend or relative to say ‘you’re never gonna believe the shit that’s going on right now – there is a friggin pandemic!’ But then I realize the entire world is going through this. Weird.

It was just this week that things started to feel like a science fiction movie. People were acting differently – you can see the worry and almost panic in peoples’ eyes. At the grocery stores, meat is sold out – cleared out. Cheese – gone. Milk, Eggs, Canned Food. I’ve never seen anything like it.

All news on the TV, web, apps on the phone – bad. Dire tales from elsewhere as it sweeps across the us from centralized hubs and spreading a web as you look at the maps.

Yesterday, one of my managers – who is married to a state trooper – informed me that the police were preparing for looting. Bothered me for a bit and I let it go, but then today I was with another manager who was former military and he said he was loading up on ammunition. It’s getting deep. Shit.

I went online this evening and purchased some supplies to help fortify, should it get to that. Not panicking, but preparing for the worst. WTF.

Posted: March 24th, 2020
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Everything’s Closing Down!

Spring Break is here! But not so glorious … COVID is here.

Heard at 3pm the Governor was going to close all non-essential businesses. Went to Lowes real quick to get supplies for the week (Spring Break vacation week. I will be painting. No trips under current state-of-affairs).

This was the checkout at Lowes: Social Distancing (notice the cones every 6 feet). Getting strange and lonely.

Posted: March 23rd, 2020
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Poor Jennifer

Posted: March 23rd, 2020
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Isolation Mandates at Home

Over dinner I told the kids that they must spend 1 hour per day during this mess (schools have gone remote for now) doing Khan Academy, and we will be eating dinner together as a family every night.

Literally within hours Elyce asks me “where are my lessons, Dad?” (Khan Academy).

Nerd.

Posted: March 22nd, 2020
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I need a Corona?

I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted … whatever.

Today is a day within a week and month where I (and I’m sure you) say … WTF?

Feels like 9/11 to some extent. I’m not panicking – just feels like the world is, right? Where is the grip?

Umph. That’s all. Umph.

Curious where this all goes …

Stay safe – sanitize those hands (jeez – mine are dry. Yours?)

I get my annual bonus check in 15 days … dumping in stocks. BOOM!

Posted: March 12th, 2020
Categories: health, science
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