Blog2025 ≫ Oh yeah stocks are falling

Had a few good weeks of it, months maybe, but now The Trump effect is kicking in, everything is falling again. I have some US stonks and some not, the US ones are properly diving. Glad I got rid of Tesla ages ago, but my one I thought was safe, spread across US tech stocks is being punished. Lloyds are still looking good, but dropped about 5% over the past few weeks. This is a lot, I remember being excited / concerned about a move of 1% in a week not so long ago, but they've risen to much they can take it.

Work was HARD yesterday, I'm struggling over a new phone number authentication / validation API. I think I set it up incorrectly in one system, making it hard to use in another system. Slept on it and it will be OK.

Didn't sleep super well, woke up suddenly for an idea of a Monopoly tour of London next time we go as a family. Roll dice, go to the parts of town we land on. One lap of the board in a day? We can do that, take in some different cafes and pubs and see what we see. Big silver top hat optional.

I saw Cast today in 1996, this must be the gig where I got those two vinyl albums signed. I tried to play one at the weekend but couldn't get it out of the plastic wrapper without making a mess, so it went back in the record box.

Clare commuting today, me not until Thursday.

Light cloud and a moderate breeze, 1 - 9℃.

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Paul Clarkeʼs blog - I live in Hythe in the deep South. Wed + father to two, I'm a full-stack web developr, + I do javascript / nodejs, some ruby, other languages ect ect. I like pubbing, running, eating, home automation + other diy jiggery-pokery, history, genealogy, TV, squirrels, pirates, lego, + time travel.

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