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US Dollar as a Carry Trade Currency !…Why Not !?

With the stock bubble and the real estate bubble in Japan leading to it’s currency,the Yen becoming the Carry Trade Currency for over a decade we’re now seeing a very huge possibilty of the Yen giving way to the the World’s (yet) Reserve Currency,the US Dollar, in becoming the preferred Currency for Carry Trade ! For …

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Pleasantly uncanny meeting up this past fortnight, and after over 20 years, with old mates from school,college and the building !

It’s really been an uncanny two weeks…pleasantly so, as we met up with several old mates from our school,college and building in Mumbai Uncanny because we don’t meet for decades, as all had spread their wings in India and overseas and have moved up in personal and proffessional life….have families…..and then all of a sudden inside …

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Switch from Chanda to Shikha ! ? from ICICI Bank to Axis Bank !?

Now this is an intriguing switch to consider ! From Chanda to Shikha ? Just this morning I was conversing with an ex commercial editor of a Newspaper….we were discussing how the Media today is corrupt and deliberately mislead investors with guided opinions by experts and planted stories….in fact he was bold enough to even accuse a …

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Pip-avoid Pipavav Shipyard IPO

Yes,I know the IPO of Pipavav Shipyard Ltd  is oversubscribed and it closes today…..but pip-avoid Pipavav Shipyard The IPO Price band of Rs 55-Rs 60 for an Equity Share of Face Value of Rs 10 is obscene in the first place and this 11 year old (an adult in context of Corporate Existence !) child is …

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Remembering My Parents on the recent deaths of Cricket Crazy,Rajsingh Dungarpur and ‘Dirty Dancing’ Star,Patrick Swayze

Rajsingh Dungarpur passed away a few days ago…Cricket and Rajbhai were synonymous…He played for Rajasthan State  decades ago and then assumed pivitol administrative roles in our Country’s Cricket Structure…The Cricket Club of India,Mumbai (CCI)  and Rajbhai were one soul….Yet,in the past year he was sen often in solitary bliss,gazing out soulfully at the Golf Greens while enjoying a …

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Some Saturday Morning Shots…..of Strikes and Statues…..Austerity Measures and IPOs

Amusing or not so…you decide…….some Saturday morning shots…. Jet Airways Pilots Strike enters the fifth day…and I see  a Business Standard ad (Page 16) of Jet2Kerala with a tag line ‘Your dream holiday can now touch down’…Problem is you yet cannot take off !…Jet Airways has teamed up with Kerala Tourism to help you land the best …

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