| "The great fortunes on stock exchanges have | | | | speculation. A speculator is he who takes big risks |
| been made not by those who knew what to buy | | | | to gain profits. Be an intelligent investor ( an |
| and sell but by those who have mastered the art | | | | investor is he who takes only calculated risks ). If |
| of buying and selling at the correct time and price | | | | you gain because of speculation one day, the |
| " | | | | next day you will lose. "What you gain on the |
| In the Stock Market timing is all important | | | | swings, you lose on the roundabouts", remarks |
| Portfolio Management Astrology | | | | Peter Lynch. |
| Astrology can be a diagnostic tool like | | | | Contrarian Investing |
| Fundamental Analysis and Technical Analysis. | | | | If you had entered TISCO at 300, by now your |
| One should understand one's beneficial planets and | | | | capital would have been doubled. Just imagine if |
| invest in the industries ruled by those planets. If | | | | the Sensex reaches 24000 or above. TISCO will |
| Jupiter is strong in your horoscope, you can invest | | | | be 1200 ! So this calculated risk is what the |
| in Pharma shares like Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy's, | | | | intelligent investor should take. Not only TISCO |
| Aurobindo Pharma & Divi's Labs. . If Venus is | | | | but other good scrips will aid you in capital |
| strong, you can invest in Auto Industry shares | | | | appreciation. Be a good contrarian investor, one |
| like Maruti and Tata Motors. . If Mercury is strong, | | | | who buys cheap and sells dear ! |
| you can invest in Telecommunications like Bharti | | | | Risk Management |
| Tele, MTNL & Shyam Tele. . Saturn rules Steel | | | | It is true that high returns have high risks |
| and if you find Saturn powerful in your horoscope, | | | | associated with it. So we should not be too |
| you can invest in steel shares such as SAIL, | | | | greedy and if we get decent profit, we should get |
| Tisco, Jisco & Jindal Steel. Mars rules electricity | | | | out of that scrip. Paper profits are no good and |
| and if Mars is powerful in your natal chart, you | | | | booking profits is the most essential aspect of |
| can invest in shares such as BSES , Tata Power | | | | investment. If you dont sell your shares at the |
| & Alsthom Power. If Rahu is strong, IT shares | | | | proper time ( known as the Contrarian's skill of |
| like Infosys, HCL Info & Hughes Software. . Oil is | | | | selling high ), you cannot in reality make profits. |
| ruled by Saturn and such shares as IOC, ONGC | | | | Now the Market is dominated by the FIIs ( |
| etc are good choices if your Saturn is powerful. | | | | Foreign Institutional Investors ) whose habit is to |
| PSU shares are ruled by the Sun and BP, HP etc | | | | book profit immediately. They will not wait , like |
| can bring home the bacon if Sun be indeed strong | | | | Harshad Mehta, for ACC to become 10000!. So |
| in your horoscope. | | | | understand the nature of the market. Book |
| While picking shares, one should avoid | | | | profits every now and then. If you book profits, |
| Chandrashtama and negative transits. Beneficial | | | | your money is freed for recycling. You can buy |
| Jupiter can veto all other negative transits. The | | | | other scrips at declines. Since the market is ever |
| Transit of the North Node, Rahu is also very | | | | fluctuating and never steady at the same Index, , |
| important. ( I only entered the market when my | | | | you will get opportunity to buy at declines. A bust |
| Jupiter transited the 2nd and Rahu the 10th and | | | | is an opportunity for buying. A boom is an |
| my Portfolio is showing profit ). Venus also ruled | | | | opportunity for selling. Manage your risks ! |
| business and has a major say in stock market | | | | Cash Flow and the Stock Market |
| dynamics. One should consult not only a financial | | | | The FIIs so far have invested more than $ 30 |
| expert but also an astrologer as Luck can be a | | | | billion. This cash flow has enabled the Sensex to |
| major factor in stock market speculation. | | | | reach 22300. If they withdraw this cash, the |
| Knowledge - a Prerequisite | | | | market will come down. During boomtime, money |
| Knowledge of Stock Market dynamics is also a | | | | chases stocks. Now it is money chasing stocks. |
| prerequisite. One should understand the Wave | | | | You should beware about the Bear Phase. It will |
| Theory - that the Stock Market fluctuates all the | | | | be shares chasing money, then ! So book profits |
| time, even within a day. If it is a Bull run, then the | | | | every now and then and be on your toes ! |
| Market will rise but only as a Wave. If it is a Bear | | | | Electional Astrology |
| Phase, the Market will descend as a Wave. The | | | | Hart de Fow and Robert Svoboda in their book " |
| Market reacted after touching an all time high of | | | | Timing & Astrology" remarks that the best days |
| 20300 this time. It descended as a Wave to | | | | which are auspicious are, in order, Thursday, |
| 19000 and then ascended to today' s level of | | | | Friday, Monday and Wednesday. If you plan |
| 22300 ! If you can take advantage of the small | | | | long-term investments, you should select these |
| booms and busts within the Bull Phase or the Bear | | | | days for picking up potential blue-chips. |
| Phase, Fortune will favour you ! | | | | This article is not based merely on theoretical |
| The two emotions which rule are Greed & Fear. | | | | principles. I have been dabbling in the Stock |
| If you can control Greed and Fear, you have won | | | | Market since 1987 and some scrips have given |
| ! If you can keep your equanimity when | | | | me good returns. Reliance ( my Venus is |
| everybody seems to lose theirs, Fortune will | | | | favourably posited in the 11th in Taurus ), Infosys |
| grace you. If on the other hand, if you succumb | | | | ( my Rahu favourably posited in the 6th, in |
| to Greed and Fear, you will be part of the crowd. | | | | Sagittarius ) & Dhanalakshmi Bank ( my Jupiter is |
| Being part of the crowd will get you nowhere; | | | | in the Ascendant in Cancer ) have given me good |
| you can only make others rich ! | | | | capital appreciation! Experience is the best teacher |
| Speculation - A dangerous temptation | | | | ! |
| You may be tempted to speculate. Avoid | | | | |