Hits and Misses From the Early Days of What Would Become the Pandemic Booking a cruise a year ago wasn't a great idea, but buying a discounted small-cap fund was; so was buying physical silver. Stocks quotes in this article: RCL, RMT, CRESY I decided to take a look back at columns from one year ago as the pandemic was rearing its ugly head. It was a bit painful; I was sanguine at the time in thinking that it would be all be over more quickly than the reality. Call it being hopeful, naïve or just plain stupid; I'll admit to all three at times.