In Search of Luck Factor in 2009

Lucky and unlucky people-who are they?
Today is the last day of the year 2008. I wish you all the brightest for 2009.
On this 2009 New Year’s Eve I would like to share with you some thoughts on
“The luck Factor” in one’s life. “You Make Your Own Luck”, is it true? Whether “luck occurs when preparedness [...]

My visit to Shani Shingnapur village that sans doors and to a temple without roof – near Mumbai

A twenty first century wonder village.
NO keys, no locks and no doors but a village town exists and engages in all economic and commercial activities. Locking ones’ houses or shops door is never heard or seen by people living in this village for centuries.
I was curious to know the secrecy behind this door less [...]

WISDOM OF “VEDANTA “IN A REFUGEE FLAT

A new cult of therapists is on the rise in metros conducting workshops, courses and sessions to help individuals to understand and bursts their “self”.
Meditation has become a buzz word amongst the urban elite.
 TV channels are not tired of beaming every day morning, discussions on what is life? Insights of peace, stress, fear, hope [...]

Stocks and Stock Markets -2009

How to time the market?

Some expert’s say that the current valuations are mouth watering and the stocks are going cheap and the bottom is sited therefore go and grab it and so on. In the past investors witnessed how what looked like bargain bin ultimately landed  them in to the trash heap.
Stock Markets across [...]

Commodities market-Will bulls become extinct?

Commodities Index plunges to its six year low.

Globally there has been a slump in investor’s interest for commodities.
Highest annual drop ever witnessed last week mainly due to deepening concern over slash in demand over US recession.
Jefferies CRB Index of 19 raw materials plunged to 210.10 its lowest level since 8th August 2002.
Traders sold commodities after [...]

Short Takes

Tips falling victim to financial crisis in U.S:
Customers are stretching out the the time between haircuts to economize  on tips, said stylist Gray Sebastan.Taxi drivers tips off by 30%.According to Prof. Kit Yarrow, at Golden Gate University in San Francisco,tips are critical part of many service workers income and plays very vital role in the [...]

STOCK MARKET ANALYSTS – WEIRD SPECIES?

Do you really want to go to a stock market analyst
To understand the “Millionaire Next Door?”

Markets across the globe suddenly spelt doom.

There has been more panicky amongst investors. Most of the investors have seen erosion of their wealth on an average 60%.Most of the sectors that analysts recommended to buy few weeks ago have completely [...]

START OF A NEW BULL MARKET IN RECESSION – A TIME STUDY ANALYSIS

Stock Markets are still anxiously waiting for a rebound.
Time bound recovery signals are expected approximately by July, 2009.
Today the global stock market is significantly closer to its upward march than what it was couple of months back.
Nobody is willing to buy this idea. But the fact is it is. How?
Wounded bull’s cries will be [...]

Golden Anniversary of STD

Queen’s first STD call.
To day STD is fifty years old.
STD rings in 50th anniversary.
Who made the first long distance phone call without the help of an operator?
If you ask this question to the current generation guys they will draw a blank.
They may click dozens of STD (Subscribers Trunk Dialing) calls through their cell [...]

NIFTY Stock Index to hit 2009 – in the year 2009?

NIFTY’s race to the bottom.
In the context of the public pronouncement of recession in most of the advanced economies and the adhoc policy responses have little impact in restoring business and investors confidence and trust.
Savage leveraging led Wall Street firms, banks, insurers and hedge funds to bankruptcy crying for government’s help. As a result the [...]