TIME FLIES... since Tiger Woods won his last green jacket in 2005... reading / remember some funny things

a little thread with markets, sport, politics and stuff. ;-)

...when Tiger won his last Masters 2005:

...FED half way through the previous hike cycle, 2.75% which ended up 5.25% in 2006

...US10Y were at 4.25%, German 10Y 3.5%

... SPX 1200, NDX 1500, DOW 10500, Gold 425, CNY pegged at 8.27, ACWI (and many other ETFs not launched yet)

...when Tiger won his last Masters 2005

...nobody knew Bitcoin

...Citigroup was (adjusted) at 450$, DBK 50€, FNMA (adjusted) 60$

...1Y before Case-Shiller house price index peaked

... ABACUS CDO was 1y young

...FXI ETF brand new and trading at 18$

...when Tiger won his last Masters 2005

...YouTube uploaded first ever video "me at the zoo"

... FB just moved to Palo Alto, got his first investment from Thiel, dropped "the", and not even got high schools connected...

... Twitter didn't exist yet, nor WhatsApp

...when Tiger won his last Masters 2005:

... first AIRBUS A380 test flight

... 7/7 terror attacks in London happened a few months later

...Hurricane Katrina happend a few months later

...North Korea announced it has nuclear weapons

...when Tiger won his last Masters 2005

...G.W.Bush started his second term

... Merkel will become Chancellor of Germany a few months later

... Tony Blair was PM in UK

... Pope John Paul II died

... Prince Charles married Camilla

...when Tiger won his last Masters 2005

...Spieth was 11 years old

... Ronaldo 20, 3rd season at ManUnited

...Messi 17, test game with A-team, signed in June

...Verstappen was 7

...Hamilton 20, Vettel 17 racing in Formula 3

... Alonso will win F1 in Renault, Schumacher 3rd

...when Tiger won his last Masters 2005

...Red Bull debut season in F1

...1 year before PIXAR's "Cars"

... 2,5yr before "keeping up with the Kardashians"

... I just moved to London, my son still in 2nd grade (now doing his Masters at UCL), I WAS YOUNG ! LOOL.

// carpe diem