In the pre Sebi and pre NSE days, the BSE (actually it used to be called The Stock Exchange, Mumbai) used to do its settlement once in 15 days. Then it came down to once a week… This meant a lot of weak players would do transactions for a much longer period than what they […]

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Just stepped down in our building to stand near a dead body being removed. Had no intention of going to the cemetary…suddenly there were not enough people willing to touch a dead body.  Whatever be the reason this was the first funeral of a person whose name I do not know. This was the mother […]

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I rarely watch TV…but today morning while flipping channels I saw one Business (read: Markets) channel covering the MCX-SEBI fight… the Anchor asked the journalist covering the incident ‘How do you think will be the REGULATOR’S FACE OFF? Ma’am MCX is likely to be a stock exchange…not a regulator. And the journalist used the words…’adapt’ […]

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When a client asked me to visit a very successful doctor, I thought he wanted to invest some monies in the equity market. He actually wanted a shoulder to cry about the losses in the F & O market! A small story might be in place. There is a simple mortal who is praying to […]

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