You wouldn’t know it by my daily commentary, but 2018 was a dreadful year for Le Fly. Professionally, I’m fine and will always be fine. My genetic make up ensures that I thrive and continue heading higher. But life has a way of surprise raping you when you least expect it — which is why it’s called a surprise in the first place.
My best friend growing up killed himself and a very close family relative of mine was diagnosed with brain cancer. These are the two things that placed a shroud of melancholy on my year. I am grateful for my health and the people who love me — but it’s very hard to walk the black dog sometimes. I am prone to brood, often disappointed and infrequently pleased with outcomes.
Life marches on, with or without me. The things I hate the most sometimes become endearing to me, such as downward spiraling stocks and political upheaval. I’ve concluded long ago that I enjoy chaos and function best inside a razing fire.
One of my goals for 2019 is to help others manage their affairs better, specifically people from the interwebs. You rarely disappoint me and I love the banter, the back and forth between total strangers, whizzing throughout the trading day with zero fucks given. Who would’ve thought I’d give up managing money in real life for The Pelican Room, filled with drug addicts and gluttons for pain?
For this evening, as always, I’ll be at home with the family. I’ll eat a rib roast and consume wanton amounts of champagne. I don’t drink pretentious champagne, just Moet — because it’s dry and wonderful. I’ll make a lot of noise and play music loudly, and then sink into the couch and watch teevee. I’ll be dressed to the nines, clean shaven, and polished — optimistically welcoming in another year that might be filled with incomparable glory and winship — because I’m aspirational and want the best out of life.
Don’t we all?
Happy New Year’s everyone and thanks for reading.
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Thanks to you for providing awesome content throughout the years- every day. I only remember on break when you were at Turks and Caicos.
Happy New Year and thanks for a great site. I always come away with an idea.
And sorry for your troubles. It will get better.
I am so sorry about the bad shit. When a bad year comes around, it doesn’t mess around. I’ve had a few of those recently.
You’re still one of if not the funniest guy on Fintwit. Happy Nude Year.
Thanks for all the entertainment through the years. Always my first go to for the morning read. Broker A iz tha shiznitt!
Sorry for your loss and the diagnosis, that’s really rough. All the best going forward.
nice personal notes FLY. We all have our troubles and miseries and reading yours makes my (other posters) just a little bit lighter as there is a connection; a certain bond that connects miseries. Sad but true.
On a lighter note, great entertainment …. and ideas.
To you and all the posters, let us hope (and perhaps pray a little ) for a healthy, happy and successful 2019.
and fuck the FUCKERS out there. 🙂
“Loving You Less Than Life, A Little Less”
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Loving you less than life, a little less
Than bitter-sweet upon a broken wall
Or bush-wood smoke in autumn, I confess
I cannot swear I love you not at all.
For there is that about you in this light–
A yellow darkness, sinister of rain–
Which sturdily recalls my stubborn sight
To dwell on you, and dwell on you again.
And I am made aware of many a week
I shall consume, remembering in what way
Your brown hair grows about your brow and cheek,
And what divine absurdities you say:
Till all the world, and I, and surely you,
Will know I love you, whether or not I do.
Happy New Year, Monsieur.
Happy New Year Le Fly
To the late night drives
Thank you LeFly! Who you are seeps through your writing – and it is enriching to read such honesty, humour and knowledge everyday from someone I don’t know, but somehow feel like I do. Cheers homies and homiettes
It’s just as bad here ‘down under’ Dr Fly. Your humour and honesty are very appreciated. The disappointments and hurt you’ve had, are understood because many of us have been there.
Write about where you see it going now…..a fresh look after the dust has just settled……….
From Oz
To Fly:
Thank you for being an entertaining and educating host this year (as usual). Hope the New Year brings less personal tragedy.
To everyone:
Happy New Year and may all of your trades be wonderfully profitable – except when they run counter to mine 🙂
And all the best to you, fly. I’m a lurker these days but every morning before I even get up I go to yahoo finance to see the numbers and the IBC to read the chatter. You’re great. Have a great 2019
Mr. Fly Sir, I’m always hearth felt when a sentient being suffers. Since the beginning I have enjoyed your writing, usually a short pick me up well written and a bit bizarre.
I’m having an interesting year. After 8 wonderful years post-cancer treatment it came back and I had a treatment for the recurrence, a 14 hour surgery to remove the tumor and my tongue and voice box. Can’t speak, eat, taste or smell. I’m not angry, I’ve given worse. While school friends were frolicking in the pacific ocean I was learning the sorrows of hunting humans to roast on an open fire. Not for God and country, but to pay back for friends lost. I learned that we struggle but never give in. I love that you take your loses and admit them freely, I makes me feel like I have something in common with you.
Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy 2019.
Sorry about the hardships you’ve had to endure. It does put things into perspective and helps you appreciate what you have.
Cheers!
We love you Fly. Happy New Years
well said and ditto!
Happy New Year to everyone here. Good to see so many familiar names. Treasure the memories and live for the future.
Happy New Year’s, want to hear something funny ?
My wife turned me on to this site months ago. She doesn’t invest and has no interest in the markets.
She likes the bold manly talk and the humor.
I am here reluctantly since loosing 16 percent plus taxes this year, and since I’ve lived off my investments, I was thinking of going back to trading. I forgot how hard it was.
Pax
From a longtime lurker…
Monsieur Fly, merci pour tout. You’re candid, entertaining, soothsaying, occasionally wildly impressive, a dullard at time (especially during your MAGA era), and honest; much appreciated. Thanks for all that you do.
To the degenerates that inhabit this board… onward and upward. May you make big market gains, get an occasional shower and find a good SRO, perhaps even a hot meal at times.
2019 — the year of… I have no idea.
What a smug back-handed-compliment-spewing douche.
Ferd,
I don’t see what was back-handed or douchey about that at all — I was little in the wine courtesy of the new year and all — and it was meant to be amusing. Apologies for the confusion.
To a good trading year!
CD
Cool. Sorry for misreading your intent.
Anyway, while I was not a Trump voter, I’d remind you that candidate Trump was all about getting out of the BushBama/Hillary wars and investing at home. There was much to like about many of candidate Trump’s positions vs the leftest warmonger Hillary and I have empathy for those afflicted with Trumptardism in 2016.
Wish you a good year as well.
Viva Le Fly! Happy all new year all!
This is my go-to site, been reading for you for over 10 years I think now. Your writing style is educational and very funny. I have never joined simply because I do not have the time, I don’t follow your trades, I take more ideas from the comments section. I buy and hold for years, I bought AMD at around $3 sold at $20 after 4 years I think (for example), though I have some go bankrupt on me (ARCH & KWIK). I am mostly cash now with NTR, ABX & CVRR long.
An African person once said to me ‘life is too suffer’
All the best to you fly fantastic site and community.
We forget how good we have it here in the US of A.
Thanks for the Sinatra tune Fly. What a way to start the New Year. Best wishes to all for 2019 & beyond!
Happy New Year!
happy new year Fly!
Happy New year good sir,
health, happiness, positivity, prosperity and love to you and your family Professor Fly in 2019
Thanks for the countless amount of enjoyable reading you’ve provided over the years. Your style and flair are unsurpassed.
I’ve also learned how to conduct myself appropriately in any social situation from the many Holiday Special pieces you have shared over the years.
Cheers Fly