Howzatt

Cricket lovers would be familiar with the word Howzatt.
The bowler cries feverishly "Howzatt"after having clean bowled the batsman.
The Umpire either gives the batsman out by raising his forefinger.
In lesser times, the umpire nods sidewise , denoting that the batsman is still in the game, much to the chagrin of the bowler.
The wicket keeper also uses this word, when he stumps the batsman  run out.
The fielders yell Howzatt, when they catch the ball,enabling the umpire to declare the batsman.
Thus the game of cricket where eleven players play, and eleven thousand fools watch , according to Benard Shaw,holds the breath of everyone.The spectators go rampant when the batsman scores fours and sixes.



Business also has become a game of thrill and excitement, keeping everyone in utter tension.
The sliding index of the stock market is enough to cause a cardiac arrest.
The esclating gold price is adequate to shoot up blood pressure.
The shriek Howzatt from the stock player is at times surmounting,at times  it isonly a whimper.
The business of the world ,where the mighty play,keeps us in a zig zag predicament.
The analysts are like umpires, scratching their head, pulling out their sparse hair  from their already shining head.
The cricketer makes a big hit or cracks a glamorous duck.His day is over, whether he out performs or underperforms.
The great business magnates have cast their die, whether it works out or works down is not their look out.

The perplexing economy has mangled real priorities .They have aroused dummy pivotals.
The enigma of business has to be unravelled, before anything of concrete progress is charted out.

Raj Rajaratnam Charged.

Raj Rajaratnam and Cheiesi have been indicted .
They have made illegal profits of about $21 billion.
The insider trading information has reaped a bonanza to these two.
They have made good of the confidential leakage of tips.
They traded on materials , non public information pertaining to upcoming forecasts , mergers ,acquisitions and other business combinations.


The enterprising spirit was appreciated by all as a knack to earn money.
The tact has turned venomous.
The intricate manipulation has destroyed the integrity.
The business ethics has been thawarted by greed and deceit.


The overnight rich present an appealing and an appaling comfiture.
Many a straight forward businessman wonders at the vast accumulation of wealth of his colleague.
His slog and his hard work do not take him to the portals of abnormal wealth.
He does earn , but makes money moderately.
His profits are in proportion to his diligence.

The Rajaratnams and men like him spin wealth with a magic wand.
Their work culture is extremely contagious.
They burn the midnight lamp.
They make mental calculations.
They live up a hurried life style. The money falls in a down pour.
They excel in trading.They achieve sky reaching profits.
They wallow in wealth.
They dream of not tomorrow, but of the day, day, day after tomorrow.
They position themselves in such a way, that their brand rises up much to the awe of their counterparts.

We hear a sigh. We see an amazement. We experience a shrivelling mystical aura of sheer illumination ,which get radiated by these dazzling activists.
We curse ourselves of being non performers.
We degrade ourselves and cast a scorn , contemptuous look at our ignorance and lack of direction to make money.

Strategy Of Money Making.

Ethics ,Moral, Justice do not have any significance in today's business.

Business ethics is a bygone concept.
Profits account for a succesful venture.
The way to accrue revenue is the prime concern.
This motivation of reaping gain has been misconstrued in the modern world.

Let us take a commodity- gold.
Gold price is approximately $1043 per ounce.
This includes various charges, like procurement, brokerage,etc.
The fluctuating market drives one to buy.
As gold is a tempting investment , investors flock to buy the metal.
The seller , guaging the interst, holds back.
The buyer , apprehending a rise in price , tries his best to compel the jeweller to sell.
The latter, after much persuasion, accepts to sell it $1050 per ounce.
The transaction shows a profit margin of $7.
But this apparent margin is not the real profit.
There are innumerable intricaies which have latent value.
The seller would have accumulated gold for cheap price, when the markets were down for a day.
The next day the price rises in no realistic terms .
The dealer got the news from the insider, who according to t restrictions, should not have revealed the details.
But money plays the truant.
Not everyone can access this insider tip of.
It is those, who have high range alliances, who have the buying power, ,who can kill their conscience,can accomplish. This proactive performance is praised as a stellar one.


The stock markets go up and down by such manipulations.
Merging detail of a company X with a company Y , shoots up the stock value of X and Y., which is ranging between $2-$3.
MR Dogood, knows in advance,with the insider MR. DOmuch confiding the details.
Mr Dogood covers say 100,000 of the stocks of X and Y .
Once the amalgamation is announced , stocks rise.. It goes up to$6. Mr DOgood sells his stock.
He makes a neat profit
C.P of 100,000 shares =100,000 x2.5= $250,000.
S.P of 100,000 shares =100,000x6 = $600,000.
Gross profit = $350,000.
Deducting 10% (expenses) = $35,000
Nett profit (includes2% brokerage) = $315,000

Amazing ,is it not?
Mr. Dogood gives 2% as brokerage to Mr Domuch, for hs tips.

But where is the ethic, moral and justice?
This illicit , illegality can be termed as prostitution.
A woman sells her body to earn her livlihood.
It harms her alone.
The anecdote of Dogood and Domuch is absolute cheating. .The two have traded body, mind and thought. It is a dirty prostitution.
The world hails such prolific squanderes as billionaires, as tycoons, as business magnates , but scorns at the poor woman who ekes out a sordid living.


This powerful investor has deprived the rights of the small time counterpart, who has less money, less contacts, and above all who has a conscience.


The righteous lie low.
The just make little money.
The contented are beckoned as imprudent, lazy, and idiots.
well, these great souls depart from the world, unlamented, unsung.
In validity, they have lived an exemplary life inflicting none, harassing none.


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