1. Occupy Wall Street
-B.V.Raghunandan, SVS College, Bantwal
Post Graduate Department of Commerce,
SDM College, Ujire.
November 10, 2011
2. The Movement in the USA
• Raising
Unemployment
• Increasing
Bankruptcy Cases
• Government Aid
Going to the
Managerial Cadre
• Increasing
Foreclosure on
Mortgages
• Escalating Cost of
the US Government
acting as Global
Policeman
• Huge Expenditure of
Defence & Spying on
the World
10. Wrong Policies of the USA
• Increasing Cost of Education, Healthcare Etc
• Hire and Fire Policies
• Liberal Bankruptcy Laws
• Managerial Cadre is the Blue Eyed Boys
• Expensive Lifestyles of the Managerial Personnel and Huge Bonuses
• Borrowing without Any Restriction
• Taking Life Threatening Risks
11. Why at This Moment
• Balance between Capitalism
and Socialism
• Dominant Capitalism upto 1900
gave rise to Communism
through Russian Revolution
• By 1950, balance achieved with
China and USSR becoming
communistic
• By 1960, capitalism became
weak
• By 1980, capitalism became
strong, but with Gorbachav, it
became stronger
• By 1990, Communism was
considered dead
• By 2011, Labour is risisng
12. • Considered to be the
Why Wall Street? symbol of capitalism
• The present rise is
backed by the leftists
• Considered responsible
for corporate excesses
• Rendered many a
European Government
bankrupt
• Corporate Excesses are
on the increase
• About 63 alumni of
Harvard University
behind bars making
them suspect as
criminals
13. Corporate Evil
• Made the life of the
consumer expensive
• Anti-Consumer
• Anti-Employees
• Anti-Promoters
• Anti-Society
• Anti-Government
• Professional
Managers on the
move
• Blown up conflict of
interest
14. Corporate Excess
• Huge managerial remuneration
• Manipulation of accounts
• Polluting the environment
• Anti-social demand creation
• Immoral advertisement and
Excessive advertisement
• Board Room Politics
• Groupism, Big Brother and Yes
Boss
15. Indian Scenario
• The movement is meaningless and hence a failure
• Stock market is the symbol of socialism in India as the
Government is the biggest beneficiary from the stock
market
• Promoters and managers are one and the same
• Professional promoters have less role
16. Stock Exchange: A Misunderstood Concept
• A Casino
• Making a
Quick Buck
• Day Trading
• Passion
• Identification
• Don’t Miss
any
Opportunity
• Target Period
17. Shares: A Unique Investment
• Huge Dividends:
Annual, Interim, Specia
l Occasion
Dividend, Return of
Excess Cash
• Market Value
• Bonus Shares
• Share Splitting
• Voting Right
• Sponsored ADR Issue
• Merger & Acquisition
18. Requirement for Investment in Shares
• A Unique Investment
• Need for Education and
Training
• Need for a Lot of Study
• Life Time Investment
• Profit from the Whole
Portfolio and not from
Individual Stock
• Emotional Equanimity
• Not a Passion for Life
Time
19. Strategies for Investment
• Make a Study of Securities for a Considerable Period
• Buy the Stock, when the market is depressed
• Do not sell the shares after achieving a target profit
• Ignore the investment counseling given in the media
• Ignore the daily fluctuations in the market
• Forget any loss incurred incidentally
20. What should not be done…….
• Only saving must be
invested and not by
taking loans
• Retirement benefits
should not be
invested
• No Day Trading and
No Speculation
• No Derivatives
Trading
• Do not spend too
much time before
the trading terminal
• Do not take any tips
