Pause Plz...  

Posted by Ram in

I can still remember the picture that existed 6 months back, anyone and everyone i spoke to was predicting doomsday and was skeptical, apprehensive, disgusted with the markets and were not interested to really Invest or show any great Interest in it.


How things have changed!!!! Really cannot believe what I am seeing right now. Everyone i meet on the floor gives me 10 stocks to follow and all of them are really crazily positive about the markets now. Wow, I say to myself, Wat a transformation? When I was going around advocating people to Invest systematically and have confidence in the markets, I was given a cold stare.

Now when I go around advocating caution and asking people not to go overboard, (no prizes for guessing) I am being given the same cold stare again. Sensex has gained nearly 80% purely on back of sentiments ( global and local factors) without much of a change in the fundamentals. Penny stocks have started to rise again and that calls for caution.

I say this again, Markets look really promising from a long term point of view, however do remember that "A Rising Tide lifts All Boats" and only when the Tide receedes will people realize that they have got into a Sinking boat and by that time it will be all too late again.So Please hit the Pause Button and analyse ur portfolio and use this rally as an opportunity to exit the not so good businesses u own.

Happy Investing



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The Future is Here  

Posted by Ram in ,

The recent remarks of Chris Gayle and Mathew Hayden on T20 and the recent exit of Australia in the ongoing T20 World Cup have once again confirmed my long standing belief that it would not be long before the oldest form of the game (the newer baby, ODIs has begun its journey long back, hence am not mentioning about it here) begins its journey into Extinction.


Australia's recent exit confirms the point that even good or even great Test players can actually be a misfit in T20s and this fact is further supplemented by the successes of players who will not actually make it into a Test Side.

Wat does this mean? It means that T20 requires not only a different mindset but also a completely different set of Technique and the best part is that it is not as difficult to master as the technique required for Test Cricket is.

That makes it easier to learn from the players stand point.

On the monetary front, well well, we all know which format of the game rakes in all the Big Bucks, don't we? With players showing more Interest in taking to this form of the game as it is much more simpler and much less complicated than the 5-day format and the People( Read as General Audience ) showing more Interest in T20s because the format is more Interesting and takes much less time to produce a result.T20 is really light on their purse too when pitted against the burden which the 5-days or for that matter the ODIs place on the audience:).

There we go,with so many factors going for it, Test Cricket may not be replaced by T20s for that matter it never will be, rather T20s will in my humble opinion bulldoze Test Cricket and in some years time, I believe that the 5-day format will soon be history.

It so might happen, that Test Cricket might Re Invent or Mutate Itself into a 2-day game or max 3-day game, but I am pretty sure that the game is never going to be the same again and the 5-day format is not going to be around for a long period of time.


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