
Capital Loss Cheat Sheet

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After Monday, which was a very big down day, I was feeling out of sorts. That seemed odd, considering what a good day I had. On Tuesday, I had a relatively bad day, but I felt a lot better. It made me realize something: I’m a salmon.
Long-time readers are acquainted with the fact I’m not fan of government. I’m not speaking of the present government in particular; I am referring instead of government in general. The reasons are multitudinous and varied, but instead of going through those, allow me to share the front page of our little hometown paper, Palo Alto’s own Daily Post.
It’s kind of hysterical that a country (China) with a decades-long history of just taking whatever IP they want would suddenly be the most protective of their technological inventions.
An interesting graphic illustrating how years different with respect to volatility. 2008 sure was fun!