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Stock Markets & the Sensex…Yawn!…Humming Raj Kapoor and his ‘Mera Naam Joker’ song of “Aye bhai jara dekh kay chalo….aage bhi nahi, peeche bhi…. !”

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The Sensex is keeping in a small static zone above 16000….Traders and Speculators are Bored..Investors have been bored for some time now !…..Seems only the Brokers and Stock Channels and the plethora of Fundamental and Technical Experts that proliferate and depend on them seem to think that things remain Exciting and Opportunities keep beckoning!…and that “There is Always […]

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DOUBLE ‘TON’DULKAR !…Proud to be an Indian in Tendulkar’s India as he scores the first double ton in a Cricket ODI this evening !

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SACHIN ! SACHIN!…SACHIN! SACHIN!…SACHIN! SACHIN!…..India will be celebrating this living and yet playing at 36 years old Indian cricket legend….SACHIN TENDULKAR !….What a Man ! The First Cricket ODI was played on January 5,1971 at Melbourne,between Australia and England 39 years later,and just seconds ago,at 6.15 pm Indian Standard Time on Wednesday,February 24,2010,Sachin Tendulkar becomes

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Can appreciate why RBI raised the CRR rate…but why did the Fed do so ,their discount rate !?

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When RBI raised the CRR recently,I had blogged on January 29,2010 ,that I was increasingly getting impressed with our RBI Governor,Dr Subba Rao. RBI announces a CRR hike by 0.75% to 5.75% to tackle Record Food Inflation at 17.40%…Interest rates must rise soon !…Equities will React But why did the Federal Reserve Board raise the

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Don’t believe everything you read or hear !….Even legendary Investment Icons seem to deliberately preach one thing and practice quite another !

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It’s not some startling truth that I’m revealing to you…..but deliberate misguidance has been a major weapon in the armoury of Investment Icons….I daresay when they play ‘Scale’ they will make monies only when you lose !….in that they influence and guide you to take contrary positions to what they actually do !…It’s a common

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What a lovely Novena sermon by Father George Athaide,last Wednesday at St Michaels Church,Mahim,Mumbai

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I’m not a Christian by faith but My wife and I attend the Wednesday Novena at St Michaels Church,Mahim,Mumbai for the first nine Wednesdays of each Year where we offer our Prayers to Our Mother of Perpetual Succour and Lord Jesus….we catch the last service at 9.30 pm…the new Bandra Worli Sea Link thankfully knocking off nearly twenty

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Tackling the Weapons of Financial Terrorism….Runaway Food Inflation and Fear of Oil Prices surging yet again….India’s Twin Challenges

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We keep waving our High GDP growth rate,Infrastructure and Domestic Consumption Stories like a Magic Wand that will solve all our Economic Woes Ofcourse they do hold out great hope…but pause to think of critical economic challenges that India faces…atleast on two major fronts…Runaway Food Inflation and Fear of Oil Prices surging yet again…these are

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