So where do things stand today? Personally they are not too bad. I am a little manic today – up one minute while down the next. My overall trajectory should be positive shouldn’t it, provided I show up to work every day and keep trying to create and move forward? That is probably an apt description of the markets too. They seem to be a little up and a little down. They are just a reflection of optimism (or lack thereof) amongst investors, right? This is very oversimplified and probably a function of where I am at in life: 45…