How Frustration Causes More Harm Than Losing Money While Trading

Frustration is the antithesis of confidence and euphoria. It can cripple you and distract you from your sense of persistence and determination. Unlike other teachers, I don’t put a negative connotation on euphoria – as long as you don’t abandon your trading rules, have at it. You can avoid frustration in the first place by…

2017 – A Recap

1. I became a father to a baby girl on 23 November 2017 just 2 months after my brother became a father to a baby boy for the first time. Double celebration at home. That just about sums up the whole year. 2. All certifications and education came to a complete halt this whole year….

Life Updates – 2

Attending the ISMS Lead Auditor course from today.  Course will run till Monday.  On the last day is the certification exam.  Hope i can pass.  Keeping my fingers crossed. Work is too hectic.  Been more than a week into the new position.  Lots of responsibilities and lots to learn.  Challenging no doubt, but happy that…

Blood on the floor

What a change a few weeks can do in the life of a stock market.  At the begining of the year, there were predictions of the BSE Sensex reaching 24,000.  Post the battering that the markets have received in the past 2 odd weeks, it would be great if the markets can come back to…

Equity Updates – November 2010

Sold off some of the laggards like Suzlon, Reliance Communications (not sure how the 2G scam will hit this stock) and Punj Lloyd (holding on to a bit of the stock). Bought 3I Infotech & Noida Toll Bridge for the first time. Increased my holdings in Graphite India & MIC Electronics. With the 1:1 bonus…

Equity Updates – Asahi Songwon Colours

Sold off Asahi Songwon for a very good profit.  The below shown chart should give you an idea of how much the stock grew in the past 1 year. Also bought more stocks of MIC Electronics & Graphite India This year the dividend payout has been pretty good. Add to that bonus shares from both…

Investing Updates

Been a while since i updated my equity portfolio.  Some of the stocks were already at their highs; and i felt it was appropriate time for me to liquidate them and invest in others. Bought the following Sold the following Hoping for the markets to correct sharply once the much expected double dip recession hits…

The markets are falling, what are you doing?

The stock markets have been on a free fall for some time now ever since the Greek debt crisis blew up.  The Euro has been going down vis-a-vis the US dollar.  The dollar has been gaining in strength even against gold. Does that mean all is hunky dory and that all the problems are over…

Has the correction set in?

After a spectacular 100% rise from 2008 levels, the markets moved into a bubble territory.  The Greece debt downgrading to junk status might be the needle that would prick the bubble. For an ordinary man on the street, its a disaster.  For the newscasters, its breaking news.  For a long term investor, its a good…

Zooming 100%

What a recovery it has been for the markets.  Just a year ago, the Sensex crashed to 8160 points.  Now its trading above 17000 points.  More than 100% growth in just a year.  No other sector (gold, PPF, debt, realty) would give you that kind of growth.  When the markets were down last year and…