This new job is wearing me out.
Late at night, I’m stressing over all the decisions that could alter the lives of employees, borrowers, business owners and shareholders. One false move and the global economy goes swirling down the tubes.
Running billion dollar financial institutions is not an easy task. To tell you the honest truth, I [...]
Archive for October, 2008
I just got promoted to run the bank
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AIG, bailout, bank on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s my birthday! Party on!
Posted in Ministry, tagged birthday, Oct. 26 on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who want everyone to know it’s their birthday and those who pretend they don’t want everyone to know it’s their birthday.
In the past, I’ve had a hard time accepting birthdays. I hated saying my age and mourned the turning of a page that indicated I [...]
Margin Call: Bright spots on the horizon
Posted in Margin Call, Uncategorized on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cheer up, things could be worse.
My mom, who was a year old when the stock market crashed in 1929, admonished us with these words often while we were growing up.
The country could use some cheering up.
Those of us reporting on the state of the economy are especially adept at pointing out omens of gloom and [...]
Drinking from the stream
Posted in Ministry, tagged American Christian Fiction Writers, John 7:37-38, Subprime Dreams on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My writing had been rather stagnant. Serious rewrites were in order for “To Seek and Save,” but with the rejections piling up, it’s harder and harder to feel motivated to press on.
Is fiction writing even what I’m supposed to be doing? Maybe I should just concentrate on writing business news, [...]
Margin Call: Rainy days in the forecast
Posted in Margin Call, tagged Johnson Controls, Prime Tanning, Snorkel on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When a hurricane blows across the Gulf of Mexico, homeowners on Faraon Street don’t have to board up their windows.
But Northwest Missouri quite often gets soaked with wind and rain associated with the storms.
A financial typhoon has barreled down Wall Street. While we don’t see investment bankers panhandling on St. Joseph Avenue, the storm’s wake [...]
My milk bottle investment
Posted in Margin Call, tagged bailout on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It may be the only thing we have to fear.
And when fear loomed large over the nation last week, we saw how frightening it can be.
We twittered back and forth between which would be worse: Congress passing the $700 billion bailout. Or Congress not passing the bailout.
Wall Street seems a lot like Las Vegas, but [...]
