Luker, your post had this sentence...
"Perhaps my current mood/opinion is somewhat congruent with the cloudy/rainy weather here in Toronto"
During the "cloudy/rainy" weather....it's an opportune time to print this link and "brighten up" the thinking...
https://www.geckoandfly.com/20345/stock-market-quotes/
It's very hard to pick favorites from this bunch... the one's that are deep in my cerebral cortex are these 3
-"the stock market is a device from transferring money from the impatient to the patient" Buffet
-"the key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them." Lynch
-"even the intelligent investor is likely to need considerable willpower to keep from following the crowd." Graham
Keep your eye on the Essar Algoma progess...Luker.