Flat is For Idiots

I can’t believe I am flat for the day. I see some of my peers making money and I want to kill someone because of it. Just because I am up nearly 60% for the year doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be up 70% or even 200%. If there’s one thing that I’ve learned well over the years it is this: the stock market knows no limits. If you are a well prepared and talented trader, you can make millions, billions, and become someone of importance. Naturally, one cannot do this by himself. One needs investors to believe in one’s crap. If you are an introverted hermit, I’m afraid you’re destined for a life of over-bearing poverty, subsiding on gluttonous cans of spam.

The window cleaners are gone and so is the cigarette flavoured perfume they drenched themselves in.

I hate starting new positions on Friday, since “anything can happen over the weekend.” I’ve been spending my spare time obsessing on two things.

1. Playing chess.

2. Reading olde newspapers on Google news, circa World War 1- World War 2. Absolutely fascinating stuff. We were all taught this stuff in history class. However, when reading the actual reports in real newspapers, from people living in that era, you get a totally different vibe from it. You can sense the anxiety of the writer as he describes Hitler’s advance throughout Europe. I can spend days reading this stuff. You can even date back to the revolutionary days, read about what the men with powdered wigs and wooden teeth were up to.

One stock that is peaking my interest is ANGI. What a dog. However, this flush out represents opportunity for those who aren’t in it and who believe in the longer term story. Eventually, ANGI gets acquired, in my opinion of course.

Out of all of my stocks, I am most excited to see what BALT reports this quarter. I believe they will surprise many, on the upside, and finally earn the respect they deserve–from the vagrant, degenerate, speculator class.