Interesting Quote :-)

Recession is worse than divorce - You loose half your assets but you still have your spouse.

Stock Option Trading Myths Debunked

I have explained what are derivatives (futures and options) in my previous posts.

My previous posts on derivatives :-

Futures or Options

Derivatives Basics

Y Derivatives?

I was going to start writing an article discussing various option strategies soon.I found this cool video which clears all the myths around option trading.
It would be good to watch and understand before going deep into various strategies like straddle, collar, cover put, married put etc.

Various myths covered are Complexities around optioms, assumption that it is hard to learn and master, it is time consuming, losses are huge , its high risk and investor always loses money and so on and on ...

Before you take a dive into options have a look at this video.

India Votes 2009 General Elections.

World's largest democracy with more than 1 billion people will go into election in few weeks. I am happy to see lot of voter activism this year and hope that people of this country will vote for good people and for a stable goverment.

From jaago re campaign [jaagore.com] helping people to get their voter id registration done to other thousands of NGOs are extensively involved in the awareness campaign.

National Election watch is providing information about right to vote and electoral reforms. It has the facts and figures about all the MPs in the current lok sabha.

LOK SABHA 2004 - FACTS AND FIGURES


Amir Khan is also involved with the association for democratic reforms and has produced videos aired on television urging voters to vote.



To do my own part, I would request all the blog readers to exercise their franchise and spare some time on the election day to vote.