Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 12, 2023

Did you bring a squeegee?

He seems a little jumpy

Chuck was over dramtic, but he never actually acted on his impulses.

Which is why he never actually lost any money in the market (never having followed through on the impulse to invest either).

You can catch him on the way down.

The huge emphasis on bottom line now is a literal killer, sometimes. My money managers have a standing order to keep some of my money working at risky stuff with a high potential return. And some of it in bonds. And some of it overseas. And some…

Every once in awhile, I look at the news and want to call those folks for some reassurance. But I just sit on my hands and after awhile it goes away. And I get a nice slap on the back from one or two of them at their annual Xmas openhouse, as they tell me how much they appreciate NOT hearing from me during a crisis.

The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step forward.

For every market action there’s an unequal and opposite overreaction.

During the Great Recession, someone asked me if I felt like jumping out my window. I said I already had, but I’m on the first floor, and it’s about two feet from the window ledge to the ground. So, after jumping, I just went back inside and got on with it.

Well….I guess the market will never recover for him.

‘What?!? He’s standing on the ledge? Oh, just give it a few. He dramatizes everything.’

It’s amazing how easy it is to create panic in the market.

https://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/ai_generated_image_of_pentagon_explosion_sparks_wall_street_sell_off.html

Too far. Suicide is not funny. Not even a little. Children and vulnerable people read comics.

Don’t worry. Unlike the employees, he has a million dollar plus golden parachute.

Officially we are in a bull market. The S&P has risen 21% which is the indicator of such. Many are looking askance at that as things are still iffy in the actual economy. It is a strange economy and there are many conflicting opinions on it by economists.

According to the thems over at the Ministry of Truth the market is booming and things have never been better.

Warren Buffet once said that investing in the stock market was like having a partner who is manic depressive. You never know from one day to the next how Mister Market will feel.

Much easier being poor. I’m used to having limited money so I don’t need to kill myself because the stock market tanked. Poor people are strong people. We have to be.

Your meeting has been moved to just outside the lobby door. Take the express elevator.

The stock market goes up and down and up and down… long-term more up than down.

Yeah, suicide is always so funny.

“Jump you bastid.” I still remember the Great Recession.

The first step’s a doozy.

She knows her boss. He’s too chicken to jump. If he didn’t in 2008, he won’t now.

What? Is this set in 1929?

Is that his insurance agent?

1929 all over again.

Personally, I would have waited for the cops to show up and with a megaphone shout “Don’t Jump”, while the onlookers shouted “Jump, Jump”. I like making hard decisions

It could be worse, he could commit suicide…

The stock market is NOT the economy

The leading economic indicators are all pointing and laughing at us.

@DAD, And no recovery pieces of his remains,

“Uh-oh. He’s done. maybe you can still meet him downstairs…”

Nathan’s Hot Dog stock is up 60% this year