A Lion’s eye on the Bulls and Bears
“In India, companies may fall sick, but promoters rarely do!”
An amusing comment….light hearted yet serious
Was reminded this morning, by the Sunday edition of TOI, of a famous quote by Confucius….says he….”Choose a Job you Love and you’ll never have to work a day in your Life” Hey ! this Blog was born to reflect just this
USA…What a slaughterhouse !…Bears & Sterns….Now Lehman,Merill Lynch,American International Group…all inside two days….with more to come !….Comical really…those who lived in Glass Houses were throwing stones at others…..Their Reports were always revising or even reversing estimates and projections and strategies advised earlier to justify every share price rise and fall !….how could you then sensibly …
U S A…..United States of Abattoirs ! ….Strategy going forward Read More »
Just a strong reflection…..we’ve seen huge abnormal speculative play in going Long on Oil and shorting the Dollar at the beginning of the Year 2008….Oil flared from US $ 70/barrel to more than double crossing US $ 145/barrel without significant change in supply or demand……and the dollar hit record lows earlier in the year…The Rupee …
It’s got to be the Biggest Speculative Play in Oil and the Dollar ! Read More »
Wasn’t Mr S A Dave the Chairman of UTI in the 1990’s when it subscribed to the controversial preferential allotment of Equity Shares of over Rs 700 crs made by Reliance Industries. It was controversial for several reasons…striking reasons were that the shares were locked in and were subscribed to at higher than market price !…clearly the Investment decision …
Mera Bharat Mahaan ! Get up on Swiss Time…Shave with Gillette…..bathe with an English Soap…..have a Kellogs Breakfast..with English Tea in Chinese Cups….Macdonalds for Lunch with Coca Cola….View Beijing Olympics and the American Swimmer Michael Phelps win a record Sixth Gold on a Korean TV…Communicate on a Nokia Mobile from Finland…….Wear Levis and Arrow ….depend on Funds …
Glanced at an article in today’s Economic Times where the Macquarie Group has disclosed that it had invested US $ 200 million in Indian operations.It is Increasing Headcount and is already in the top five Institutional Brokerage Houses in India Could not help wondering if such Investments could be viewed as Monies being reinvested from part of …
Macquarie Securities Group: Part FII Gains now as FDI !? Read More »