Sunday, July 20, 2014
I’ll be watching the stock market closely in the week ahead. I purchased a block of stock last week in anticipation of seeing robust growth from the technology sector. The next two weeks will bring earnings from several leading technology companies. We’ll see earning reports from Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon. The following week we’ll see earnings from Twitter and LinkedIn. While incarcerated, market speculations changed my life. I wrote about those experiences in my books. The stock market became a diversion for me after authorities blocked me from completing a Ph.D. program that I had begun at The University of Connecticut. At first, when wardens began to obstruct my pursuit of education, a sense of despair came over me. I didn’t know how I was going to climb through the decades ahead without a positive activity to divert my attention. Once I began speculating in the stock market, a sense of personal empowerment came over me. I traded actively during the late 1990s, and profits I earned enabled me to bring Carole into my life. Now I’m in a different stage, much more stable than before, and I’m enjoying a return to the stock market. Anticipating good earnings from the tech sector, I’ve gone long a stock called Go Pro, which seems to enjoy a lot of momentum right now.
Days since my release from prison: 342
Miles that I ran today: 0
Miles that I ran so far this week: 53.2
Miles that I’ve run during the month of July: 115.62
Miles that I ran so far in 2014: 1,474.56
Miles that I need to run in order to reach my annual goal of 2,400 miles: 925.44
Miles I’m ahead of schedule to reach my 2,400-mile goal by the end of 2014: 147.42
My weight for today: 167