Well Friends,its one of those times when all u got to do is to study and put in all hard work for a week or so which could make a difference in ur life and its ironic that these r the times when u wish to do things which u usually dont.right now,i wish to play lawn tennis,to learn playing guitar,watch rest of the seasons of how i met your mother and read some stuff on growth and insights into govt rule in china.Well,i cant do most of them as i have this cfa exam coming up next sunday.Lets hope this Urge to learn all this stuff doesnt end by next sunday... :-)

Fate of KKR...

Well,its been another disappointing day for KKR....i wonder how can a team be cursed so badly to lose no matter what they do...21 required of 6 balls and they couldnt defend it...i think even kenya/zimbave/netherlands would have done better..I am more furious abt Deccan winning than KKR losing....it hurts Kings punjab chances..
Few possible outcomes of this year's debalce are :
1.SRK would be ready to sell this time at throwaway prices.
2.MCcullum would retire from all sorts of cricket and settle somewhere in Alaska.
3.KKR wont be allowed to play IPL 2010 and another team Bihar knight riders would be formed with all players associated with KKR banned from international cricket.
Thats all i can think of right now...SRK declaring bankruptcy..well its a far off thing,would take atleast another 3-4 yrs of similar performance from his team.
M looking forward to Priety Zinta's team for two reasons,first its PRIETY ZINTA'S team and second,m from punjab :-)
Lets see if they can beat Chennai and Deccan and get thru in semis...matter of time till yuvi and pomberasch are back in form...Gud luck DHOni and Gilly..

Election fever...

So,finally the last phase of voting commenced yesterday.Most of my friends gave their priceless vote this year.Chandigarh had the highest voter turn out of 65.7%.Unfortunately, I couldnt be in chd to vote and ended up in other 34.3 %.Though m not an avid follower of politics,this election means a lot to everyone of us who are in corporate world trying to make a mark for themselves.One reason i have had some knowledge on election progress dis year coz of the publicity stunts used by various parties.U go on to watch a movie in multiplex and instead of movie trailers,before movie starts or during intermission,one ends up finding Mulayam singh yadav being presented as God.One logs on to orkut or rediff.com just to find a piece to advice to vote for Bjp or Upa.Thats not all,blog writing is not just restricted to IPL,its der with politicians as well.So,i must say this elections have been commercialised in all possible ways.I would have favoured this election stunts provided those multiplex owners got paid for it..i doubt it,they must have been paid with lots of "dhamki" instead.Atleast this would have provided a sigh of relief to them when no new movies are being released.
A new thing abt this elections is there is a possible winner apart from BJP and Congress who can go on to rule govt,The third front.It would be a nightmare for most of us if that happens.I am certainly in favour of Congress coming to power this year.As its nothing new for india,the election process is a process of rejection,and not a process of selection.So,on my virutal vote,i find congress to be a suitable party to rule the country for next term.BJP,i guess,even in midst of recession would be more inclined on caste/religion based issues than resolving crisis.One of my friends has gone so far to say that if mayawati comes to power,he will leave this country and settle somewhere else,atleast for next 5 yrs(assuming that govt stays in power for full term,even thats an hyphoteical case).I wonder how things wd look like when mayawati goes to meet President Obama.She would probably end up using her ill words on him as well.But one thing's for sure,if she comes to power,india wont need journalists to throw shoes at politicians to express their anger...Her chappal would be enough :-)
The protectionist measures taken by Mr Obama are going to do more harm than good to U.S and world economy.This is the time when U.S firms need to be in cost cutting mode to be back on track and if at such time,they have to recruit ppl from U.S instead of India or China,the cost factor will go up.No doubt,personal income,hence personal expenditure will rise,but the cycle goes as,Companies progress,thus employers progress and give a push to economy.Moreover,i believe not just for cost cutting,but for talent as well,U.S companies would be able to find a way out of this jinx.Or who knows,Mr Obama mite get his wisdom back and take an informed decision.
Results should be out this saturday,i hope Congress gets thru wid least coalition efforts required and prepares the economy for a boom cycle :)

How i met your mother!!

I have always been a big fan of sitcoms.Found Friends to be quite amazing,but now when i am kind of bit bored after watching it n no. of times,i switched to another one,How i met your mother.I am currently watching season 2..The story revolves around 5 friends.Barney's sarcistic language and flirting rules are worth a watch,and Robin(ya,thats the name of a lead female character) is just a dazzling beauty...this is a story a man is narrating to his son and daughter...so the name "how i met your mother"
A pretty gud concept...Who knows,10-12 yrs down the line(15 yrs on consertative terms),many of us would be scripting our own story :)

Till now,i always wrote abt either trading or movies i watched.I am gonna try write abt myself this time.Its a sulky feeling though,thats how i feel right now.Life has changed so much in past 8-9 months.I saw a different side of ppl after coming to noida where people are quite rough unlike chandigarh.I think it must have something to do with their stressed out lives.I have worked for 9-10 months,learned a lot abt financial world,made some pretty gud friends over here,but something is always missing in my life.Dont know what it is,but as one of my friends wrote,"I AM OFFICIALLY BORED".yes,i am

The Revolutionary road

Today,i saw this movie The revolutionary road.The story surrounds a couple living in America where both of them dreamt of a perfect life.Kate winslet wanted to be an actress and leonardo di caprio is stuck in a monotonous job and doesnt know whats his passion in life.Leo..works in the same firm as his father did and told his dad during his childhood that he wd never live a life as boring as his but ended up being on his footsteps.Unable to live a happy life,their life sucks both as invidiuals and couple.One day,kate asks leo.. to move to paris where she wil earn in a reputable job and leo can take enough time to decide wat he wants to do in life and finally do it.Turn around of events and they couldnt leave america.A typical romantic drama where couple struggles for a perfect life,and ends up worsening their so called imperfect life.
I enjoyed watching it,kate-leo chemistry definitely helped...pretty gud movie..

Fool's Rally???

Past 2-3 weeks,markets worldwide have been quite bullish,be it equities,commodities. The U.S and Euro zone macroeconomic data has posted better numbers.Equities rallied over 20%,with sensex sustaining above 10000 levels and nasdaq almost 1% up yoy basis.
I think things were just so bad for past few months than any glimmer of improvement/hope is greeted well. Thats what made bulls squeeze the bears recently. IT gonna take much more than few macroeconomic data for a month to improve consumer sentiment which would be the first sign of economy recovering.So,i feel,it was Just another fool's rally which lasted longer than recent ones,bears are still there to lead the market in time to come.The lows mite have been made,but they can be tested again in time to come.Another trigger for panic could be credit card defaults in US. The rumours have been in market for long but now,news regarding defaults are surfacing up.Its too early to be Bullish.Markets shall fall again before finally ralling to justified levels.
Happy trading!!