With all due respect:-
1) I will also not trade in Pharma companies because they are indulged in overpricing the drugs which ultimately burns a hole in the pockets of suffering people!
2) I will also not trade in some Large cap Banks (including ICICI, Axis etc) because they have provided loans to Microfinance companies like SKS.
3) I will also not trade in ADAG stocks because most of them are not reliable enough. Because their group companies are indulged in unethical practices and because they looted millions of Indians their hard-earned money through RPower IPO.
4) I will also not trade in RELIND because this group has never really believed in maintaining moral and ethical practices and because it has helped in establishing one of their stooges in Petroleum ministry.
5) I will also not trade in Auto Companies because they are crippling our already pathetic road infrastructure by launching new vehicles.
6) I will also not trade in Delta Corp because this company will encourage gambling practices and we all know, how many Indian households were destroyed because of gambling addictions of poor people.
7) I will also not trade in Gems and Jewellery companies because by hiking prices of gold they are making it tough for our beautiful Indian ladies to own a piece of this basic essential commodity!
8) I will also not trade in Airlines stocks because...you really want to know why? Com'n, check hike in fare prices this month! They are operating a cartel out there!
What Else? I wonder, do we really have a choice about becoming a part of speculation is the mother of all evil? No Sir, we dont have! We are already a part of it and it starts right from the time when we start pressing F1 & F2 in the morning. Whatever is listed there, be it a Cals Refinery or a SBI, deserves to be traded. In any case, when one makes money in market, other one loses but in a perfect, idealistic and Utopian world, everyone should win equally and lose equally. Right? The system is all about making profits through right or wrong means so where is the scope of setting any yardstick in terms of selecting scrips?! Perhaps it will make more senses to rephrase the sentence as "Speculation is the mother of all wealth!"
They say, nothing is ever in black or white. Everything is grey. Stock market and terms like morals, ethics and principles etc etc are no exception to that. Even if its all about conscience which more often than not, often works to its own convenience. Period!
P.S- Money is green. Right? But then green is also associated with growth, jealousy & envy! I wonder..
To all TJ friends, a piece of my mind.
As I got little experienced I knew if I didn't have certain rules in place, I would be a willing partner in an activity that was brutally summed up by Gordon Gekko in Wall Street II: 'Speculation is the mother of all evil.'
I might do intra-day trading in an absolute dire need, but will never apply for IPO or invest ( long or short term) in a company that is run:
a) by petty crooks (Ansals, DLF etc...almost all realty companies)
b) by the people without any tangible, India-based assets, and whose revenue is solely derived from 'Gora People' money (All IT companies)
c) by the ones who ruin environment in the name of development (Vedanta, for example)
d) by the people who try to leverage a noble endevour to make a quick buck. (Micro financing companies)
e) by the snobs who think the world owes its existance to them. (people like the Kingfisher guy)