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Stanley Druckenmiller warns of an Endgame in Equities ~ He’s into Gold

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Stanley Druckenmiller warns of an Endgame in Equities ~ He’s into Gold  He makes out quite a compelling case for an endgame in Equities with this address earlier this month at the celebrated Annual Sohn Investor Conference of Hedge Fund Managers http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-07/stan-druckenmiller-endgame-his-full-apocalyptic-presentation He’s a self made Billionaire famous largely for the US $ One Billion …

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Aswath Damodaran~Margin of Safety is an excuse for Inaction in risky times!

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Chanced upon this latest from the well known Prof Aswath Damodaran who teaches Corporate Finance & Equity Valuation at the Stern School of Business in New York Makes interesting reading as he expresses quite vividly the doubt our minds are occupied ,rather tortured with, when engaging in Valuation exercises in uncertain & risky times as …

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John Wayne ~You have got to be a man first before you can be a gentleman

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John Wayne  in ‘McLintock’ ~“You’ve got to be a man first before you can be a gentleman” Whoa! Resonates strong with me ! Here’s Dan Steele’s take on it …an interesting extract below “Gentlemanliness presupposes manliness. It’s a softening, a harnessing of the core characteristics of masculinity: strength, courage, mastery, and honor. A gentleman, as scholar …

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Interesting Origin of a Few English Phrases & Customs

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“Piss Poor” They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery…….if you had to do this to survive you were “Piss Poor” But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn’t …

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It is fatal to work 20 hours at a stretch day in and out even if young!

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Is it worth working 20 hours at a stretch day in and out even if young!? Was sad to read about the death of one as young as 22 and upwardly mobile Indian youth working as an analyst with Goldman Sachs in San Francisco How Wall Street killed a 22-year-old Indian at Goldman Sachs The …

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True Sensex Blood Advice for Indian Equities !

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Here’s some True Sensex Blood Advice for Indian Equities ! “Stop worrying about what can go wrong, and get excited about what can go right” No Point cribbing Retail Investors did  not participate in the Rally now and then ! Who or What stopped them ! ~ Surely Bad Experiences & Overcaution ! But then …

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