Monthly Archives: March 2013

INVESTING IN PRESENT DAY MARKETS

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Fauji

The stock markets are going through a volatile and uncertain phase. Government decision making is paralysed due to the Mulayam-Karunanidhi salvos. Business houses are struck with a double whammy of increase in cost of doing business in India and consumer … Continue reading →

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FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Fauji

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets is a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that deals with the fallibility of human reasoning.  He published the book in 2001. Taleb’s other seminal work is The Black Swan   … Continue reading →

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BUDGET A NON EVENT FOR A MAJORITY OF SERVING SALARIED PEOPLE

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Fauji

The FM presented another budget of the government’s income and expenditure before the parliament and the nation on 28 Feb. It is a non-event. It confirmed my take on the GDP numbers which I had written in an earlier blog … Continue reading →

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