Hey the US markets were booming in 2007 and it is booming again in 2013. Is there a take away? Is the 2013 boom the same as 2007? is there a learning to be had from the previous time? Well 2008 – the bad news about Europe was surely not in the price. The other […]

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First of all, I hate predicting – especially if it is about the future! Having said that it is necessary to look at some of the over optimism that is there in the market and at some of the problems too. So today let us look at the issues: A stagnating Europe and USA will […]

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Osama is dead and Obama is rejoicing the murder. Surely 10 years ago – 9/11 Osama was rejoicing. Is there a difference between the two reactions? Well I do not know…. Taliban moved into the American airspace with American aircrafts….nobody in the USA knew about it…obviously. Obama moved into Pakistani territory, 30 km from Islamabad, […]

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It is funny that to be in any business you need to have some qualification. Let us take the mutual fund business for example. To be the Asset management company – you need to have 5 years of track record of some financial business. You need to have a networth of Rs. 10 crores (to […]

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How did it feel when the Sensex was at 9000 and Mr. Doom Sayer was predicting sensex at 6500 as the next stop? Did you stop to WRITE down that feeling? Risk is funny – you need to feel it in the bones. And more importantly remember it!! With the Sensex up more than 80% […]

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Nobody believes that tech stocks can do well in 2010, correct? This comes from 2 fears – US recovery will not be too great and that the dollar may weaken. Let us look at the dollar – it looks like the dotcom boom – when we were all sure that the tech stocks can only […]

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If you want to lead a nice normal life you need to do some simple things right. Not to say it is easy. Let me explain. Getting up in the morning and going for a walk. Sounds simple, but not easy to do. Give up smoking, sounds simple, not very easy to do. However there […]

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