From the desk of Willie Delwiche.
Someone recently asked me why I pursued the CMT (Chartered Market Technician) designation.
Was it for personal growth or to open up job opportunities? To be honest, fifteen years after the fact it’s difficult to fully recall every motivation that went into my decision. I can, however, clearly see the implications of that decision.
In many ways, this is similar to what happened when my family and I moved from the Milwaukee suburbs back into the city itself. We had our motivations and expectations, but none of that could have prepared us for what we have experienced in the wake of that decision.
It was 2008 and we were in the depths of the financial crisis. Plenty of uncertainty was in the air. We sold our old house literally days before Lehman went under and the financial system seized up. We thought we were just buying a house, one that our young family could grow into. It had “good bones” (as they say) but had been ignored for some time and needed (still needs) a lot of loving attention.