My Second Hour Conversation with An Ex-Colleague

conversation_115898_twins_1It has been close to 50 minutes, DS and I not only recognized each other, but it also looked like we were back to our old days when we would just go on and on about stock market ideas. In my last post, I stopped at when DS mentioned how he attempted to maintain two different types of portfolio, one for trading and one for long term portfolio. So the conversation continues….

I said, “DS, I have been fascinated, and quietly toyed with the idea of having such different portfolios”, “But wait before you get any ideas”.


You see folks, I wanted to add my disclaimer like we do in all walks of life, so I add, “I have not used it, but I am fascinated by this thought”. Before I say anything else, he jumps in. Continue reading rest of this article…

My First Hour Conversation with An Ex-Colleague

807852_friends_in_businessI am sitting at Singapore’s Changi International Airport. It is middle of the night, and I come to know my flight is delayed by four hours for technical reasons. I was contemplating what should I do. Made few personal calls and then I decide to munch on unhealthy burger and some fries. I was getting bored, so I started browsing the internet. I log into my blog’s wordpress interface and opened another tab with my blog. I was hoping to answer my emails and blog comments. That just remained a hope.

While I was reading comments, an Indian gentleman came and said, “may I sit here” pointing a chair just across me. I said, “sure, be my guest”. We exchanged few more pleasantries, and then each of us continued doing our own stuff. He started playing with his blackberry, and I turned my eyes to my computer. At the same time, I am thinking, there is no one around in this cafeteria, tons of empty chairs, so why this guy came just next to me. Usually, we just go and sit in an empty space.

I said to myself, “hmm, forget it, why bother”. I went back to reading comments and emails.

Few minutes later, he stops playing with his blackberry. He is looking around. I can sense he wants to talk to me. The moment I raise my head, he says, “The blog you are reading is awesome. Isn’t it?” Continue reading rest of this article…



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