I expect that you will thrive on the “chaos” as the above poster notes. If your parting with your employer is in otherwise good order (i.e., professionally, financially), then congratuations. And I am looking forward to more of the blog.

Two entirely random notes:

1) You mentioned you were with PM in the 90s. I was with Aris Corp., an investing/servicing affiliate of Pennsylvania Financial Group. Ring any bells?

2) What’s with LNC? It’s gotten creamed, above and beyond anything reasonable. The conventional wisdom says CEO change, the dullard JP team taking over, and equity exposure through VA products. The investing book seems clean enough. What are we missing? (I’ve been buying it personally on the way down, and it’s now a top 5 holding for me.)

Best of luck with life’s next chapter!

Congratulations on your “loss!” I went through a similar experience and found that my creativity and productivity exploded after departing the “familiar.” A little “chaos” is absolutely necessary in the grand scheme of things.

Also, congratulations on your newly acquired trading freedom! I also recently bought into the sector that no one else wants right now — financials. It’s a wonderful contrarian play…

Cheers…