Music: What can it do to you.. !!

Music.. the language that can be understood by anybody in this world. Music has been a part and parcel of my daily routine from so long that I cannot start or end my day without it… less talking about spending my day.

Everyone interpret music in their own way.. and me.. in my own.. As hrithik says in Kites movie,

“Love and Music have no language”

As for me, music heals my wounds. It drives me into some other world.. probably a weird world, where I can be what I want to be and what I cannot be here. Thoughts wander in a limitless fashion letting you to do what you wanted to do.. what you dreamt to do.. sometimes reminds me of the good times I had.. sometimes helps me to come out of past..

As Reba McEntire said, “For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.” ..

Music has a power to do anything…bottom line is that you gotta get connected to it. Every body connects to certain type and genre of music at some point of time.. It doesn’t have to be permanent. The preferences and connections do change with time, situation, surroundings.. what else.. everything that haunts u.

One track that suits my taste is this one..

Infected Mushroom–Suliman .. listen to it with eyes closed.. u ll love it..

cheers.. !!!

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A Trader’s Guide : How and why you should trade..

Well.. Its been long ago I ve written something over here. These days, am being pretty busy doing things which are needed most. As I promised in my last post, you will see a series on trading and know the what is what of stock market.

Any user with a laptop can easily figure out how to make an order.. so no diggings into that.

Only 20% of the people make money in the market. The other 80% join the market to give money to those 20%. Why do most of the people fail.. ??

1. No knowledge on how the market works.

2. No planning,

3. No discipline.

If you don’t have any one of the qualities above, do not risk ur money. That’s what ppl say out there. So, getting to know the ways of trading initially is more important than knowing how to trade.

There are basically 3 types of trading methodologies that we work on..

1. Day trading.

2. Swing trading.

3. long term investing.

Each method differs from other in terms of risk, returns, capital and many other factors. As a beginner, we usually trend to work on day trading and swing. Since am not a big fan of long term investing, where you invest a lot and sit quiet for 4 or 5 years,  I stress on swing trading for a while, know about it and in turn let u too know about it.

Well.. swing trading is nothing but trading for a very short period of time.. lets say 2 to 4 days. When analysts talk about stocks and trades, they talk about all the fundamentals of the company.. analysis of the balance sheet, ratios.. a lot .. but none of them is needed for you if you are a swing trader. As a swing trader,

- you don’t care about the fundamentals of a company.

- you don’t care about the products they sell.

- you don’t even pay attention to what the company is going to do next year.

This kind of trading is based on only the law of supply and demand. Demand increases, you get to supply. Supply increases, you gotta demand from the market. that’s it. As said earlier, since you are trading based on the market, not on the fundamentals, risk factor is high, so is the return on your capital.

Check back tomorrow to learn more. cheers…. !!!

Today’s Book I suggest :

Timing the Market – Curtis Arnold

 

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100 100’s : What does it mean ??

A hundred tons spun over 23 years of cricketing life. What does it mean to him.. ? What does it mean to us.. ? A lot ?? yeah.. its  a lot for everyone of us.

When boys of his age were playing off the field and having fun times with their friends, this 16 year old kid took up a nation’s hopes as his responsibility and he has been carrying till today. In the journey thereafter, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has amassed so many runs that his contemporaries might never even think about.. has crossed many a milestones, set many. The stats and records do speak of his greatness.

So, what is so special about this 100. For me, There is nothing really special about this 100. Critics may say that the milestone was carved on a weaker team, on a subcontinent pitch and he failed continuously over the past one year trying to cross the three figure mark. But, It must be noted that he is not the only one who failed during this course. Its everyone. Then why blame sachin.. ?? It is because we expect him to conquer the ground every time he sets his foot onto it. So, the critics expect a lot and when they don’t get what they wanted, they expect him to retire ?? Funny.

For me, This man, Sachin Tendulkar is an idol.. inspiration.. role model. After reaching the three figure mark, the message he left to the country and the youth that adore him – “Do not stop Chasing your Dreams – One day you might reach them”. What else is to be said about this man’s greatness after listening to this.

Yes, the critics may be right. Its always good that someone retire when they are on the top of the game to command respect for the rest of their life. But, Sachin has given a new definition to that form of exit.

Retiring at the top of your game, when you are still capable of doing something to your nation is a selfish motive. I agree with the master. Serve your country as long as you can and quit when you know that you are not able to keep up that duty anymore. And, there is nobody better than you who know when you can quit. So, critics.., keep bashing him.. and every time you do, he responds with his bat.. as he did every time. This 100th 100 in his career means nothing to me. It means nothing to him either. Just another feather in the cap.

Sachin – I respect you for serving me, your admirers, your critics, the nation of a billion people, the game of cricket this long and still carrying the same enthusiasm everyday of your life. You will be remembered by the people till the game cricket flourishes. 

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