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Sold off Asahi Songwon for a very good profit.  The below shown chart should give you an idea of how much the stock grew in the past 1 year.

Also bought more stocks of MIC Electronics & Graphite India

This year the dividend payout has been pretty good. Add to that bonus shares from both Dabur (1:1) and & TVS Motors (1:1)

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Been a while since i updated my equity portfolio.  Some of the stocks were already at their highs; and i felt it was appropriate time for me to liquidate them and invest in others.

Bought the following

Sold the following

Hoping for the markets to correct sharply once the much expected double dip recession hits the US economy.  There would be lots of great bargains out there then.

Above stock price history courtesy:  Yahoo Finance

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3 years of hard work…all for this.  Got my MBA convocation certificate. Yay.

Next whole week i will be on course.  After that, a few more certifications…maybe.

Few additions to the blog including my portfolio on the right.  Also the latest BSE / NSE and stock prices updated in real time.  Was sick of logging on to different websites to check for the stock prices.  So, put up all of them here on this blog.

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Read this interesting comparison between Buddha’s teachings and Investments from Equitymaster. An interesting read.

That suffering is an inherent part of existence – gains and losses are part of stock market investing and one can never be an investor without experiencing the two (the key is to learn from mistakes and try to never repeat them);

That the origin of suffering is ignorance and the main symptom of that ignorance is attachment – so true for speculators who disguise themselves as ‘investors’ while not giving any heed to the fundamentals of investing and are rather guided by attachments with ‘herds’, ‘momentums’, and minute-by-minute stock quotations;

That attachment can be ceased – by proper understanding of the investment process and the actual investment target (company). If the decision has been made after a proper study and analysis and that the decision pertains to long-term wealth creation, ‘the ‘attachment’ can be removed;

That following the ‘Noble Eightfold Path’ will lead to the cessation of attachment and therefore suffering- this eightfold path includes: right understanding (also relevant for investors), right thought (relevant), right speech (non-relevant), right action (relevant), right livelihood (not relevant), right effort (relevant), right mindfulness (relevant), and right concentration (relevant).

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