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Some food for thought "I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them." —Dick Clark (American Entertainer, 1929-2012) Word for the day Sippet (n) A small bit; fragment.   First thought this morning ( Festivals of India )   Get ready to stock up A large number of brokerages appear to be investing substantial resources in assessing the political scenario in the country. Many of them are apparently conducting surveys to assess and forecast the election outcome. They have also tried to relate their assessment of the likely political scenario post 2019 general elections with the likely trends in benchmark indices. I find it encouraging, to the extent that analysts are taking time to move away from their desks & spreadsheets, and spending sometime on the ground. This surely would help in expanding their horizon. Insofar as the political analysis and forecast is concerned, ...

Some food for thought "Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry." —Dorothy Dix (American Journalist, 1861-1951) Word for the day Henchman (n) A trusted follower   First random thought this morning "The bad stuff is easier to believe. You ever notice that?" — Pretty Woman (1990) Every evening, while reviewing my day in retrospect, I find myself, and most of the people around me, growing increasingly cynical (for lack of a better word). The most intriguing thing about this generic negativity is that I am unable to find any genuine reason to support it. No one is starving. No one is living on road. Everyone has a storage problem in managing the mostly unnecessary shopping done on their multiple vacation trips. The diseases are mostly self acquired or self assumed, hence mostly curable. The notion of happiness has become totally abstract and is mostly thought in relative terms. It's like a race ...