Old Man Morgan

And so, the market goes up and the market goes down …. don’t tie your emotions to the machinations of what is happening.  Although interesting, to say the least, it is clearly not the driver in one’s life.
 Spent most of a day in meetings and then had a dinner meeting with two SAP support folks.  [...]

Internet has been down most of the morning and have to take care of some financial things. All is fine in Indonesia.
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Ahhhh ….. the joys of being part of a team that is moving an organization through a major transition (I’m speaking in reference to the SAP implementation and my new role).  It is interesting to watch the dynamics of so many groups … there are managers that are the champions change, other managers that just support the [...]

And so ends another weekend.  Have a few things to report.  First, on Friday the SAP Start-up Team came over to the house for dinner.  We had a great time chatting, eating, karoake, having fun.  Then I slept in on Saturday (yeah) with no alarm and no time table (double yeah).  Saturday afternoon was nothing to [...]

First, RE the stock market – my recommendation …. turn off the TV, turn of the laptop, go to sleep …. wake up in 2 years and all will be fine in the market place.  These daily swings will financially and emotionally ruin a person if they try to react.
Yesterday was Day 2 in my [...]

Being as yesterday was my 1st official day as SAP Start-up Manager, I actually spent some time “officially” being such the person.  Of course, I was chocker block full of various meetings all morning … but did manage to spend time with the team for about 2 hours in the afternoon.  It was still a [...]

I don’t know how the company does it – perhaps its information was old – but one day I am told my change in assignments isn’t yet approved at HQ and the next day an announcement is set on my desk …. and 1 hour later it is broadcast through our email system.  Neverthlesss, as [...]

So, after today’s ~11.5% rally in the US stock market, does anybody (everybody?) think we are now out of the woods economically?  How much of last week’s rout was pure fear vs. shorting the market?  And, for today, how much of the recovery was pure greed (trying to buy ahead of a bounce / rally) [...]

So much for this weekend.  Tried to stay focused.  Tried to work.  About the only thing accomplished was running on the treadmill and I thought I was going to die aftewards.  However, I was able to eke out 14.5 kilometers with 70 minutes @ 2% grade.
Spent some time doing “damage assessment” from the stock market. [...]

So, has anybody checked out the stock market lately?  Wow, September and October are turning into real zingers.  No doubt people have lost tons of money, many are panicking, some are selling ”at any price”.  I guess selling is a good thing if you are confident the market is going to fall still further (and you plan [...]