State of Indian Cricket Team

Indian Cricket team, earlier this year, lost 4-0 to England and then again 4-0 to Australia (both were series defeat) needs a major overhaul. 

We, the Indian fans, can’t except the lame excuse of fast green tracks abroad; as the team hasn’t been able to achieve anything in the domestic slow and turning pitches either.

BCCI had then projected as there were another 10 test matches scheduled to be played later this year in India. The Indian team would be able to turn the coin and deliver as expected.

FDI in multi-brand retail

The parliament (both the lower and the upper house) has cleared the much debated and controversial FDI in multi-brand retail.

The single brand retail segment was opened for up to 51% FDI in 2006 and the limit increased to 100% in July this year. In spite of opening the single brand retail completely to FDI,

Breakout Nations - Book Review

Book: Breakout Nations – In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
Author: Ruchir Sharma
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: 2012
Language: English
Rating: 4.8/5

A meaningful insight on how the world economies fare. Ruchir Sharma has given exhaustive, country by country aspect of how the economies of the world are prospering / faltering. He observes the world from an investor’s point of view, searching for a fresh investment destination.

After reading the book, my confidence in BRICS had faded. 

Originally BRICS nations were Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. But with the changing dynamics in the world economy which is periled with corruption and political intervention at all stages, these nations are no longer the frontiers of the world growth.

Indian Retail Equity Investors tend to lose more than profit from it.

Indian retail equity investors tend to lose more than profit from it. Either they are in a habit of selling the winning stock too early or holding back the losing stock for too long. Ultimately they are trying to chase a zero rate of return on their stock investments when investing themselves.

A Study was conducted in ISB Hyderabad the under the leadership of Sankar De. 

The study states

The Future Of Money - Book Review

Book: The Future Of Money
Author: Oliver Chittenden, Vince Cable
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2011
Language: English
Rating: 4.0/5

This book is a compilation of opinions & interpretation of all the great thinkers, on what is the future of money. How the recent world economic crisis can be handled and; how & what  the money will transform into. There are many different stories to the recent crisis and equally different solutions to it, in this book. The facts are immense, as how to handle the latest economic crisis, to be put in a simple book review. 

P.S. - This is not a bed time read as one has to really think the facts through.