It was Ukraine, and now Gaza - World is in more chaos

13-Oct-2023

Last week was a set of bad news across with Israel-Hamas war broke in Gaza killing people in hundreds, and a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan killing more than 2500 people. You read all these news and say thanks to God that you are not anywhere near these places. 

We still have Ukraine-Russia war on, but no one is talking about it. A whole country has been destroyed, although not the first time. Syria war is still going on and no one talking about it as well.  It is bit ironic how world and people (including me) move on so easily. Having said that, what normal people can do when the powerful governments, organization like the United Nations can't do anything. Bodies like United Nations have lost their purposes long back as their decisions are taken with vested interests who can contribute more money to these organizations. It simply means these are no longer autonomous, guess has never been.

Well back to our lives, Anvay finally travelled back to Delhi this week and hopefully he will get a much-needed break from the hostel life. I am not sure if he wants to go back, but this is not a choice anymore.

Myra having her mid-term break starting from 16-Oct to 23-Oct. Pallavi is dealing with pains which seems to be caused by the re-occurrence of endometriosis. I am bit anxious as seems like a visit to hospital is due. Hoping she recovers without going to a hospital.  

My morning walk schedule is in shambles for last two weeks. I am feeling deprived of sleep or tired as workdays are usually long. I plan to fix it soon as my glucose records are still on higher side, and this one thing is important. 

Nothing great happening on the market side. I have few options trades which I am not sure will be positive in the end. I guess it's the same old problem and I am getting tired of this. New investments in #hdfcbank and #reliance will need to wait for some time to bring some short-term profits. However, some short calls on both gave me some 10k of gains (this is so satisfying). It's not even 1% of total investments on these two stocks but better than nothing. #Infosys is back on my buying radar. 

Interest rate has been so high now, previous bond investments causing massive losses and loans are expensive. However, markets seem to be so jubilant across the globe. I am getting biased towards a short position in mid to short term. However, first I need to clean up the current option trades. 

vA