GOD & INVESTOR STORY !!! (FPFS – Day 5)

Hii Friends , 

This is my Fifth and the last day for Five Pics Five Stories challange and my all posts relating to this challenge is here (FPFS- day 4). 

I am into a proffession whereby we deal with money, mostly other people's money, so it takes great responsibility to manage that, off course when you win you are praised but when you loose you are criticized. People always asks us what will the markets be, what will so and so stocks prices will be, and I say I don't know, I only know that this company is doing its best and is well managed and I see its future cash flows being intact and so I feel that this business should grow. But do I know what would be its prices be, NO I Don't know, M not GOD we are humans as you are and so we also cant predict future... 

Remember no one can buy at the bottom prices & Sell at top, So we try to find out stocks which are available at discounts and looking at margin of safety, we are humans too and so can do mistakes and that's why we have Strict Stop Loss (why stoploss of 8% - read Here) on our stock picks. Talking on Prices reminds me a short story told by my Uncle about an Investor who met God - 

Commuter reading Daily in Firstclass compartment in
mumbai local in rush hours 

A man dealing with stocks met God - God asked him to make one wish - he said "GOD please give me the copy of news paper dated excatly after 2 years from now"!. God was suprised but still granted his wish and Gave him the NEWSPAPER which was dated 2 years from now...... 

The first thing that man did was opened up the business page & Saw the stocks prices and invested in those stocks immediately which could fetch him multi-millions after 2 years.... After few days of buying spree and as tended by the Human psychology, he felt let me see what would be the news around the world after two years from now and turning on the pages he landed on Obituary section - On Which his Name was the First !!  - So, what this tells us, that do live in present and dont worry what will be there in future, Just live your life at the fullest .. 

This is my last day for the challenge series and I hope you all must have enjoyed reading some of the offbeat post, it was bit difficult for me to going into the creative zone after a long long time, I dont know how it has turnout.. but will say I enjoyed this very much.. after a very long time I was thinking beyond markets ..hehehe :)
Anyways thanks friends for your amazing supports !!

Please do keep on ur support for me & pl do visit again and share the posts :)
 Regards
Bhavikk shah
mumbai  

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I have been tagged by my dear friend Shweta, to take part in Five Photos Five Stories Challenge (FPFS) which is - Post a picture for 5 consecutive days and attach a post to it, fiction,poem or short wrtie-up. It can be anything to suit your taste. Thanks Shweta for tagging me :) I am tagging my blogger friend Priyanka Artiste, She is a brilliant, passionate & talented photographer.. All the best Priyanka... I hope u all enjoyed the 5 day series :)

Koshish karne walon ki kabhi haar nahi hoti (FPFS – Day 4)

Hii Friends , 

This is my Third day for Five Pics Five Stories challenge and my first post relating to this challenge is here (FPFS- day 3). 
One more from the treasure of Harivansh Rai Bachhan.... An inspring poem fits all.

लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

नन्हीं चींटी जब दाना लेकर चलती है,

चढ़ती दीवारों पर, सौ बार फिसलती है।

मन का विश्वास रगों में साहस भरता है,

चढ़कर गिरना, गिरकर चढ़ना न अखरता है।

आख़िर उसकी मेहनत बेकार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

डुबकियां सिंधु में गोताखोर लगाता है,

जा जा कर खाली हाथ लौटकर आता है।

मिलते नहीं सहज ही मोती गहरे पानी में,

बढ़ता दुगना उत्साह इसी हैरानी में।

मुट्ठी उसकी खाली हर बार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

असफलता एक चुनौती है, इसे स्वीकार करो,

क्या कमी रह गई, देखो और सुधार करो।

जब तक न सफल हो, नींद चैन को त्यागो तुम,

संघर्ष का मैदान छोड़ कर मत भागो तुम।

कुछ किये बिना ही जय जय कार नहीं होती,

कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।

-- ।। हरिवंशराय बच्चन ।।

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I have been tagged by my dear friend Shweta, to take part in Five Photos Five Stories Challenge (FPFS) which is - Post a picture for 5 consecutive days and attach a post to it, fiction,poem or short wrtie-up. It can be anything to suit your taste. Thanks Shweta for tagging me :) I am tagging my blogger friend Sindhu Devi , She is a brilliant & a passionate Fashion Designer by Proffession, but a talented photographer.. All the best Sindhu... I will tag a new person on Day Four :) 

BAZAAR !!! (FPFS – Day 3)

Hii Friends, 

This is my Third day for Five Pics Five Stories challenge and my first post relating to this challenge is here (FPFS- day 2). 
This is a beautiful poem by Harivansh Rai Bachhan which I feel fits perfectly on Markets.

Mumbai's famous Chor Bazaar 

यहाँ सब कुछ बिकता है , दोस्तों रहना जरा संभाल के !!!

बेचने वाले हवा भी बेच देते है , गुब्बारों में डाल के !!!

सच बिकता है , झूट बिकता है, बिकती है हर कहानी !!!

तीन लोक में फेला है , फिर भी बिकता है बोतल में पानी !!!

कभी फूलों की तरह मत जीना,

जिस दिन खिलोगे... टूट कर बिखर्र जाओगे ।

जीना है तो पत्थर की तरह जियो;

जिस दिन तराशे गए... "खुदा" बन जाओगे ।।

-- ।। हरिवंशराय बच्चन ।।

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I have been tagged by my dear friend Shweta, to take part in Five Photos Five Stories Challenge (FPFS) which is - Post a picture for 5 consecutive days and attach a post to it, fiction,poem or short wrtie-up. It can be anything to suit your taste. Thanks Shweta for tagging me :) I am tagging my blogger friend Deepa Prabhu, She started photography as a hobby which has now become her passion. A very brilliant photographer will surely amase us with her talent. I will tag a new person on Day Four :) 

THE FISHERMAN & INVESTMENT BANKER (FPFS – Day 2) !!!

Hii Friends , 

This is my second day for Five Pics Five Stories challenge and my first post relating to this challenge is here (FPFS- day 1). 
A few weeks ago, I came across this fantastic story about a fisherman and an Investment Banker. 

This is the story that states the "Be More with Less" principle of life. We are so inclined with the materialistic world today, that we forget the importance of what we have. We work harder and harder to make more & more, so that we can buy more, to have more, like being in a rat race just to have more. I too was no exception to that, atleast before knowing this story. This story makes you realise how important is to live the real life                                   ...... (my Investment banker friends, do read this ) .......

So, the story is - An American Investment Banker was at the pier of small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked in. Inside the small boat there were several large yellow fin tuna fishes. Impressed by the catch of the fisherman, the American Investment banker complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The Mexican replied," Only a little while". The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer in the sea and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs. The American then asked, " but what do you do with the rest of your time?"

The Mexican fisherman replied, " I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a nap in afternoon, stroll into the village each evening where I sip Wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy Life." 

On hearing this the American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boats, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to middlemen you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then to LA and eventually to New York, where you will run your expanding enterprise"

The Mexican fisherman asked, " But, how long will this all take?"

To which the American replied,"15 - 20 years".

"But what then?" Asked the mexican. 

The American laughed and said,"That's the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and became very rich, you would make millions !!" 

Fisherman said," Millions - then What?"

The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take an afternoon nap, stroll to the village in the evening where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos." 

This story is smiply superb, it brings clarity to what the money game is all about & definitely not about. This story brillantly breaks the illusions of ours for pursuing wealth and financial freedom. We have so forgotten to all the goodness we're surrounded by today just in race to chase the money.

The truth is it doesn't take lot of money to have a truly wealthy life, but it does take freedom. Believe it or not values do determine your path in life, regardless of your financial goals. Having clarity around issues like these develops you as an better financially sound person - at both times, while building wealth and after wealth is achieved.

I hope you like this story which I read somewhere, but the story do teaches US a lots ENJOY!!! 

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I have been tagged by my dear friend, Shweta to take part in Five photos Five stories Challenge (FPFS) which is- Post a picture for 5 consecutive days and attach a post to it , fiction, poem or short write-up. It can be anything to suit your taste. Thank you Shweta for tagging me :)

This is different for me as I have never tried such as U all know I am finance guy but as we say "There's always the First Time" so here it is...I am tagging my dear friend Renu Sethi on my Day Two and as a part of the challenge, I will tag a new person on Day Three.

My Work Place (FPFS – Day 1)

Hii Friend's, 

One of my dearest friend tagged me with Five Pics Five Stories challenge and I was like ... How will I write it and on what topic as I write only on Stocks which are much easier than this !! Yes, it is hehe !!!

Anyway, So I thought let me write about what I know and Yup it clicked me, what could be more interesting than to write on the place where I work !!! Here is my Day 1 of my FPFS challenge

                              !! THE ICONIC BSE (PHIROZE JJ TOWER) !!

The iconic Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Tower is in South Mumbai and houses Asia's oldest 140 year-old bourse BSE, also known as BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE. It's a 29 storey tower with area space of around 3,50,000 sq. ft, accomodating 540 odd entities mainly by brokers and financial institutions since 1980. BSE is located exactly in between Dalal Street, Hamam Street, and Bombay Samachar Marg. which gives easy access to financial institutions with the stock exchange and so BSE, the building is not only important in commercial value but also a symbol of financial capital. BSE is Asia's first & fastest Stock Exchange with a speed of 200 microseconds. BSE has more than 5,500 companies listed making it the world's No.1 exchange in terms of listed companies. The companies listed on BSE commands a total market capitalization of US$ 1.69 Trillion as on 15 April 2015. The exchange buliding was targeted by terrorists in 1993 when a powerful car bomb exploded in the basement of BSE buliding claiming 50 lives, after that BSE was fortified with "Z" category security control and half a dozen commandos are always stationed in the building premises permanently.

This is the second entrance at east where a Five-foot tall bronze Bull Statue is erected since 2008, you have to get a security clearance, whereby you are issued a security pass. This entrance at the east is infamous due to superstitious beliefs from old-timers that it gave a big fall in markets with Harshad Mehta scam soon after these gates were opened.

The most interesting I feel is this particular spot, there is a Sugarcane juice center just in front of the Eastern gate with Bull Statue with a huge screen which plays live news from the Business channel. What's interesting is that during lunchtime lot of people gather there, some having cane juice and some having famous sandwiches of Paramesh or famous Dosa's from Jay Snacks and

they all would be talking only on stocks. You will hear people saying so and so stock will go up or down, some would be starring at the screen, some would be calling their brokers giving instructions for buy or sell. This particular place becomes more evident when there's a fall in the market, all kinds of emotions from traders to professionals, even the security commandos are not spared they too enjoy the sites....after all this is for money honey !!! 





A GLIMPSE FROM HISTORY !!

This was my first attempt, hope that you all like it.. do share your views and comment on it.. Have a wonderful day Ahead :)

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I have been tagged by my dear friend, Shweta to take part in Five photos Five stories Challenge (FPFS) which is- Post a picture for 5 consecutive days and attach a post to it, fiction, poem, or short write-up. It can be anything to suit your taste. Thank you, Shweta for tagging me :)

This is different for me as I have never tried such as you all know I am a finance guy but as we say "There's always the First Time" so here it is...I am tagging my blogger friend Namrata Kumari on Day One and as a part of the challenge, I will tag a new person on Day Two.