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Mark Twain ♥ StockViz

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Did you know that even though Mark Twain made a substantial amount of money through his writing, he lost a great deal of it through investments, mostly in new inventions and technology? He lost not only the bulk of his book profits but also a substantial portion of his wife’s inheritance. So much so that he had to file for bankruptcy!

Twain lost $300,000 (equal to $8,058,462 today) on the Paige typesetting machine. He also had a publishing house that went broke trying to sell a biography of Pope Leo XIII.

His state of affairs turned for the better after he befriended the financier Henry Rogers, a principal of Standard Oil, who helped him completely reorganize his personal finances.

If he were alive today, we would’ve advised Twain that just because you are good at one thing, it doesn’t mean that your expertise automatically translates to investing money. He would have loved StockViz for that advise. And Tom, Huck and Joe Harper would have had all the time in the world to be the pirates that they wanted to be!

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Alan Turing ♥ StockViz

200px-Alan_Turing_photoAlan Turing is considered the father of modern computers and artificial intelligence. He was the first to give a formalization of the concepts of “algorithm” and “computation” with the Turing machine. He also developed the “Turing Test”: a test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior, equivalent to or indistinguishable from, that of an actual human.

He said: “I propose to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?’ Are there imaginable digital computers which would do well in the imitation game?”

StockViz would fail the Turing Test – we are proud to be machine-like in our thinking. We Invest Without Emotion. However, we are sure that Alan Turing would be proud to see our machines – his creations – at work. Alan Turing, we salute thee!

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Isaac Newton ♥ StockViz

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How would Newton trade stocks if he were alive?

Having lost $2.72 million USD in today’s money due to speculation in The South Sea Company stock in the 1720s, he would be very vary about hyped-up stocks that go up without a reason. He claimed to have said: “I can calculate the motions of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.”

However, a little known fact is that Newton first invested a small amount prior to the South Sea bubble and exited at a profit in the early stages before the bubble really got going. Newton then sees his friends getting rich as the bubble really gets going and re-enters near the peak of the bubble with a lot of money. Newton had to exit broke after the stock falls roughly back to where he had initially invested just a small amount of money.

If Newton were to be alive today, he would using our Trailing Stop Loss alerts.

How are you protecting your profits?

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Weekly Recap

NIFTY.2012-12-10.2012-12-14

The NIFTY ended on a negative tone, drifting down -1.12% for the week.
Biggest losers were BHEL (-7.45%), TATAPOWER (-4.64%) and NTPC (-4.41%).
And the biggest winners were BAJAJ-AUTO (+7.29%), BANKBARODA (+5.42%) fii.2012-12-10.2012-12-14and JINDALSTEL (+5.22%).
Decliners eclipsed advancers 30 vs 20
Gold: -0.01%, Banks: +0.24%. Infrastructure: +4.41%,
Net FII flows for the week: $1,070.86 mm (Equity) and $306.36 mm (Debt)

 
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Weekly Recap – Huzzah!

NIFTY.2012-11-26.2012-11-30

The NIFTY ended on a bullish note, shooting up +4.31% for the week.
Biggest losers were POWERGRID (-1.54%), MARUTI (-1.30%) and M&M (-0.74%).
And the biggest winners were BHARTIARTL (+10.33%), IDFC (+9.79%) and SESAGOA (+9.73%).
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Advancers lead decliners 47 vs 3
Gold: -1.43%, Banks: +3.61%. Infrastructure: +2.03%

Net FII flows for the week were: $337.65 mm (Equity) and -$13.43 mm (Debt)

 

 

Have a nice weekend!

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