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This week has sucked. Plain and simple. The earthquakes on the financial markets have threatened far too many, and caused me to face the idea that my entire career’s efforts could be wiped out by the greed and carelessness of a few.
It was a week where everything that we might trust, even a little bit, was shaken. Some will say that fools place their trust in institutions, but who here expected the kind of across-the-board shakeouts that we’ve seen this week? I’ve spent 30 years telling clients that the word “prudent” meant diversification, safe investments. You know, like mortgages, FDIC-insured accounts, spread risk among mutual funds. All that. At this point, I couldn’t guarantee that money in a mattress would be worth much.
With that in mind, and because it’s Friday, and because this week has made me want to tear my hair out, here’s a toast to my friends online and off, a picture and some music. I hope your weekend satisfies and that for at least a few minutes, you can relax and forget all the bad news for a bit. Music courtesy of the CSUN combo, with Sticks on drums, photo mine.
Have a great weekend.
