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Warm & Nostalgic Weekend….Daughter awarded prize for being the best allrounder of the school…@ 35 years ago,Wife and I had been awarded the Cadburys Award for this too

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Warm & Nostalgic Weekend…. Began with a Lovely and Lively Friday Night Reception,Cocktails,Dinner  and Dance to celebrate the Wedding of the Son of Close Friends   …..and Saturday was nostalgic …@ 35 years ago,while in ICSE Std X in 1976 ~ me and in 1977 ~wife  were awarded the Cadburys Award for being the Best Allrounder of the school…yesterday,as proud parents, […]

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The Admirable Length that SEC goes to simply protect Investors in USA…Can we expect this from SEBI or even the BSE and NSE ?

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Thanks to Blog Reader Shahzad Vasaigara for this one…….and thanks Shahzad for ‘still’ reading my blog!   In July 2011,SEC had communicated a four pager to Nasdaq listed  and Beijing based,Yongye International Inc,a Chinese Company requiring them to reply to the points raised on the accuracy and adequacy of the Financial and Accounting Information that they

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India is the Biggest Banana Republic !…Surely Vodaphone and Ratan Tata would agree !

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At the outset let me disclose that this Post has been provoked by Vodaphone….Our Government giving a Clarification with retrospective effect ,effectively overturning the Supreme Court order that agreed with Vodaphone  not being subject to Billion of Dollars of tax in India  and Ratan Tata…..he expressed his frustration that India is headed towards becoming a Banana Republic …..but

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Laundered by the Sensex and Nifty !…and Infosys !

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This Invitation Board at a Dry Cleaners in Bangkok could well be put at the entrance of  BSE and NSE ! ” Drop Your Trousers Here For The Best Results ” Quick Service…Same Day Delivery….Promise to wipe you clean and get neatly ironed and laundered by our Sensex and Nifty !…or if you prefer exclusive one

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Jubilant Industries @ Rs 290 reaches target set in March 2011 last year…up 70% + from Rs 171 when recommended strongly last year in March…while Sensex drops 5%…Bottom Up for Alphas…Pointless to concentrate Mind and Money Resources on Indices

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Being saying this for a while now….Bottom Up as Top Down may not produce strong returns in the short term….this is being indicated even now….be Stock Specific,rather than bet on Indices…keep a longer term perspective…You begin with Rs One Lakh and whore it technically or fundamentally on the bourses every single day,churning trades in and out

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Bombay or Mumbai…Chennai or Madras…Kolkata or Calcutta…Bengaluru or Bangalore…What’s in a Name !?…Lots,Really !

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My Grandfather named me ‘Gaurav’ way back in 1962 when I was Born…My Name has been mauled several times since then ,even on Gender….’Gauri’,for instance !….shortened to ‘Gaur’,for another…no connection with JP Group Promoters….even Surname has been murdered to ‘Prik’ from ‘Parikh’ !…this was not deliberate,though some of you may chuckle it was !…even commonly to ‘Parekh’…no relation

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