Saturday, February 28, 2009

NEVER LOOSING GAME


What you want, Winning or loosing? This is a simple question which I raised for you right now and you have to think this right here right now. I know you are just like me, who always want winning in what ever do. I want to share with you a game in which you never loose. Want to play it with me; I know you will say “YES”, I am ready to play such a game in which my winning is compulsory.

Let me start the game, take a one rupee coin. “HEAD” means you win and “TAIL” means you loose. As you toss the coin if “HEAD” occurs, it means you win the game. But if not, don’t care about it. Be positive and give again a try much more than what you earlier try to win. Again and again toss the coin till “HEAD” occurs and what you find at one point of time “HEAD” occurs and you win the game.

This is not just a game, if you follow this kind of approach in whatever you do; I assure you one thing that you always win. As an old proverb said that; “Success means winning the war, not every battle”. So from now, Think only for the best, work only for the best and expect only the best. So, from next time if you loose in anything, analyze it what went wrong and give again try for the best with more efforts than earlier.

How to go up Growing Good Corn

If you want to go up in your life, try to push up your junior or subordinate. I want to tell you this thing from this short story.

There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors."How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked."Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves.So it is with our lives. Those who choose to live in peace must help their neighbors to live in peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.


The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn. It is possible to give away and become richer! It is also possible to hold on too tightly and lose everything. Yes, the liberal man shall be rich! By watering others, he waters himself. So if you want to be successful try to pushup your colleague and you see you also go up

NEGATIVE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS CRITICIZE

“Some people always look at the negative side.” I want to tell you this in a short story.

There was a hunter who bought an amazing bird dog. This one of a kind dog could walk on water. The hunter was looking forward to showing off his new acquisition to his friends. He invited a friend to go duck hunting. After some time, they shot a few ducks and the man ordered his dog to fetch the birds. All day long, whenever there were birds to be fetched, the dog ran over the water to retrieve the birds. The owner was expecting his friend to comment or compliment him about this amazing dog, but never got one.
As they were returning home, he asked his friend if he had noticed anything unusual about his dog. The friend replied, “Yes, in fact, I did notice something unusual. Your dog can’t swim.”

This is how owner’s friend criticizes the dog’s advantage; he looks on the negative side of the picture and not on the positive side.

Monday, November 17, 2008

SUCCESS


Success is a matter of attitude. It is a matter of what you think u are capable of. It is a matter of futuristic thinking and planning. It is about doing things carefully. Instead of getting out of your car without looking at the speeding car zooming towards you, you can be more careful. You can also climb down more carefully so that you don’t fall off the aircraft stairs. In fact, it is also about taking a backup on your computer in case it is a most important project in your life. And then about counting your chickens before they hatch….And about positive attitude….And about believing that: “if you think you can, you are right”.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

LIVE THIS MOMENT HERE AND NOW

Some of us may think that we have no bad habits because we do not smoke or drink. We may think that we do everything perfectly right. Let me tell you, you all have a secret mental addiction! That addiction leads you into doing all kinds of things. In fact, it prevents you from doing many things. No, you will tell me. No, master, I have nothing like that.

Listen to me. You are addicted to postponing every action. You have acquired the taste of postponement every task. You have created a mindset that allows you to put off everything. Yes, that is your secret addiction.

Listen to the chatter of your mind. It is always busy collecting arguments, or listing reasons about why you should postpone some tasks. It has such power over us that we will never enter into the act itself. There are many things, which we say we shall do that tomorrow. The tomorrow becomes another tomorrow and tomorrow continues to grow. Today never comes. You can accomplish a task if you do what you have to today.

The present moment is not a reality to many of us. The speculative future seems to be our reality. We prefer to while away our time in the fantasies of the future rather than focusing on the reality of the present moment. A small Zen story: A man went to the Master and asked: When will I become enlightened? The Master said: Now.

The disciple could not understand: Now, how can I become enlightened now? I need a lot of practice. It needs lot of methods. It needs lot of meditation. How can it be now? Then the Master says: Never, go away. Do you get the meaning of this story? It is the story of how mind works or tricks us. Remember this story whenever you mind says: You are not good enough onto yourself. You are not complete by yourself. You are not full by yourself.

It will always be telling you the same thing. It has been telling you the same thing. Today your mind will say: I to do that meditation, this practice or that practice to be enlightened. Only then I can become enlightened; only then I can realize my self. Only then I can achieve the goals of my life.

Tomorrow also it will be telling you the same thing. It will never let you fell that you have reached somewhere or that you have achieved something. Couple this disaster. You know, this addiction has a simple cure. Live this moment now. Live in the here and now. Your future is in this present moment. What you cannot do now you shall never be able to do anytime. Go on. Try it.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

OPTIONS TRADING IN STOCK MARKET

“Share Market”. All of us heard about it and we know that if you have the knowledge of it, you can make lot of money from it. In share market, there are lots of ways to earn money. I also want to discuss with you a major money making idea. It is OPTIONS. I show you how you make a profit from stock, either its price increase or decrease.

Options are hedging/investment instruments, which allow the buyer the right but not the obligation to buy/sell the underlying stock/ index. The buyer of the option incurs a charge for this right, which is referred to as the “Premium”. The option writer or seller is the other party to such a contract who earns the premium.

We play it by two ways:-
1) Call Option.
2) Put Option.

Call Option: - It is a right but not obligation to buy a particular asset at a pre-specified price. Let’s take an example:

Mr. X buys a stock call option at Rs.1000 strike price at end month by paying a premium of Rs.10. Now he has a right but not obligation to buy stock at the end of month at a price of Rs1000.

Suppose the stock at the end of month is:-

Ø Rs.1100 then Mr. X buys it at Rs.1000 as he has a right to buy it at Rs.1000 and makes a Profit: -Rs. (1100-1000-10) = Rs.90.
Ø Rs.900 then Mr. X does not but it and book a Loss: - Rs.10 (premium amount).


This is how Mr. X makes a profit. In case of Call Option, his loss is limited but profit is unlimited, if price of share increase. In case stock price is below Rs.1000, he buys stock from market and book a loss of premium amount. But, if stock price is more than Rs.1000, he can buy it for Rs.1000 and book a profit of amount which is more than Rs.1000.




Put Option: - It is a right but not obligation to sell a particular asset at pre-specified price. Again let’s take example of Mr. X:

This time Mr. X buys a stock put option at Rs.1000 strike price at the end month by paying a premium of Rs.10. Now he has a right but not obligation to sell stock at the end of month at a price of Rs.1000.

Suppose the stock after one week is:-

Rs.1100 then Mr. X doesn’t sell it and book a Loss: - Rs.10 (premium amount)
Rs.900 then Mr. X sells it at Rs.1000 and book a Profit: -Rs. (1000-900-10) = Rs.90

This is again how Mr. X makes a profit. In case of Put Option, loss is limited but profit is unlimited, if price of share fall. As if stock price is more than Rs.1000, then Mr. X sells stock in market at a price more than Rs.1000 and book a loss of premium amount. But, if stock price is less than Rs.1000, he can sell it for Rs.1000 and book a profit.

Note: - As you see, it is very easy to make money with the help of “OPTIONS”. There is equal chance of losing money in “Options Trading”. So, before going to make money out of it; please do some research regarding how it works in your favor?

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

How To Calculate BSE Sensex?


BSE Sensex (or Sensitive Index) is the prime and older indicator of stock market trend in India (the other being the Nifty Fifty). It consists of 30 stocks representing a wide cross-section of industries. It is calculated using a well attested method called Free Float Market Capitalization.

What is Free Float Market Capitalization?
Simply put its the market capitalization of all shares in "free float!!!" Free float shares are those that are available for trading in the open market. They rest may be FDI holdings, promoter holdings, locked in shares, strategic stakes, ESOPs etc. Suppose 40% of all shares is openly available. A free float factor is decided by BSE which would be 0.4 (anything in the band of above 35% -40% would have this factor). This factor is multiplied with the total market capitalization of the company (which is the prevailing share price * total no. of shares issued by the company) to get the free float market capitalization.

How to Calculate Sensex?
You know how to find the free float market cap of a company. Now add these for all the 30 companies that constitute the Sensex. You have the total free float market capitalization for the Sensex. The Sensex value is this value relative to a base period. The Base period for sensex is 1978-79 and the Base value is 100. The Free-float market Cap is divided by a number called the index divisor to arrive at the right value of Sensex. This divisor factors in changes in scrips, dividend paid, etc right from the base period. A simple way to find the current index divisor would be calculating the previous day's free-float market cap / previous day's sensex.

Here's an example to calculate the sensex
Free Float Market cap (prev day) = 320000 cr

Sensex Value = 16000

Div = 320000 / 16000 = 20
Current Free Float Market Cap = 336000 cr

Current Sensex Value = 336000/20 = 16800

Wow! You can find out the Sensex Value!