value and opportunity

In May this year, I had (prematurely) ended my Panic Journal series with the following, slightly too optimistic conclusion:

As mentioned above, despite some remaining risks, the peak of the Pandemic seems to be behind us.

Looking ahead however, I do think that it is risky to think that now all problems will fall away and we will have a multi year super boom that will lead to yet another big general stock market party.

I don’t predict a crash either, as the Pandemic has clearly shown me that I know a lot less about (current) markets than I thought. So the best thing to do is to continue trying to learn what is going on and not trying to make decisions based solely on experiences from the past.

Now, seven months later, many of us are (again) sitting in their home offices and facing the 4th wave  plus  potentially a more dangerous variant of the Virus.

Again, vacation plans have been killed and the discussion for or against vaccination resembles religious wars in medieval times. Time for the “Panic Journal” again. As before, don’t expect any actionable advise here, this posts are more like a self therapy.

The Virus

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