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Smart Investors are Art-ing it – Arkamitra Roy

There is blood on the streets. Metaphorical and real to a large extent. Markets are volatile and uncertainty is the order of the day. Fears of a double-dip recession is high amongst the people and fear mongering has become a viable business. President Obama’s re-election is a sign of perhaps calmer waters ahead, but fears …

Heads I win, tails you lose! – Dheer Kothari

Ever heard of a company doing more than what it is required to do statutorily? Particularly, when there is a cost attached to it. I do not rule out a few stray examples of responsible corporations which have committed resources for the social sector but by and large companies prefer to play by the rule …

Secrets of Jesse Livermore

1. Money Management: * “I trade on my own information and follow my own methods.” * “The desire for constant action irrespective of underlying conditions is responsible for many losses on Wall Street, even among the professionals, who feel that they must take home some money every day, as though they were working for regular …

MARKET CHARTS WITH NOTES: Umesh Shanmugam

Gold: Gold made a low of $1672.90 last week, a little above its 200 DMA, which was then positioned at $1662, to close the week at just under its 50 DMA at $ 1730.30. The pullback from the recent low of $1672.90 is reactive in nature. Gold could above $1700 but below its 50 DMA …

Important Trading Lessons – Umesh Shanmugam

These are some of those fundamental and undeniable truths, as I have come to understand them over the course of my trading career: Most of the time, markets are very close to efficient (in the academic sense of the word.) This means that most of the time, price movement is random and we have no …

Trading Wisdom – Umesh Shanmugam

Markets are highly random and are very, very close to being efficient. If you are a new trader, trading is probably harder than you think it can be. If you’ve been trading a while, you know this. Financial markets are one of the most competitive environments in the modern world. New information is quickly processed …

Ruchita Maheshwari studies HEG Ltd.

HEG Ltd. is engaged in manufacturing of graphite electrodes with an installed capacity of 80000TPA, backed by a captive power generation capacity of 77MW. Superior product mix coupled with technological competence and cost efficiency has enabled it to enjoy strong operating margin in the industry. Power constitutes over 20% of the total operational cost in graphite …

A to Z of Social Media – Chawm Ganguly

It’s a thriving, expanding new universe out there and those who are still uninitiated will do well to catch up with the terms. For, read my lips, sooner or later we will have to migrate to the new world. These are by no means the definitive guide to the alphabets and I have just randomly …

Alan Beck – Laugh Or Else It Will Hurt

Minnetonka, MN, November 5, 2012 – Given all the political turmoil around our country today, there is only one possible solution, says satirist Alan Beck. Laugh. In his new book A Southern Solution (Createspace), he follows a retired psychiatrist as he attempts to escape to Mexico and away from the chaos and corruption that is …