I got the 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine last Saturday. I got side effects during the weekend but I feel fine now. Now, the world looked different. The facility I am working for is still accepting fully vaccinate people only. If I can do the COVID-19 test and passed, now I can go there to perform my tasks. Still, it is different before the lockdown time however we can start doing something. Now I have many experiments I have to restart. As I said, there are so many conferences in October and November and I have many presentations. It is getting tough.
Other than that, so far so good. On the market, I would say very calm. Maybe this is just before the storm. I am not sure. The VIX (Volatility S&P 500 index) is very low now. Energy prices are high such as oil and coal. I know the world is going to go without fossil fuels but the demands are still there. I can lead an energy crisis. Some people started worrying about stagflation in some countries. I agree it can happen in many countries. How uncomfortable is stagflation? I don’t like prices to go up while the salary goes down. We need to prepare for it.
It is very calm this week. I want to work harder when nothing is happening. So I can advance my science.