Jan 08 2008
$%&! Timed Vacation
I walked into a bad time to have some time away from my computer and the markets. Since my job ended two Friday’s ago I haven’t had much time to sit at my computer and catch up on the markets and my holdings. I’d glance at the headlines on my phone when I could and see that I was down, but not until last night did I have time to really see the beating I’ve taken recently. I kept thinking I’d catch up after I got back from the mountains for New Year’s Eve, but then my uncle was hospitalized and I’ve been trying to help my parents find a nursing home that will take him. Apparently an alcoholic with dementia isn’t the ideal resident for many of these places and we continue to get rejected.
In the past two weeks I’ve gone from an account balance within $2-300 of $90k [...]
Original post by Alex Fotopoulos