Many philosophers and scientists strongly perceive that the
presence of God is just a delusion which is dragging masses to believe
the same. But then, who has created the universe? We all have come
across anecdotes pointing to the fact that the entire universe was
created in a time window of 7 days and the supreme supernatural power of
the creator coaxed us to believe that there has always been a divine
force that has created the whole mankind including us. We have had
philosophers pointing a finger at religious dogmas that have been
outdated and we have been petrified regarding the origin of the universe
and its creation.
Neither does the Theory of Cosmology nor Darwin's Theory of Evolution precisely enlighten us regarding the mystery behind our own existence. As Rommel Mijares said in his blog, neither the religious nor the atheists can prove the existence of God but all we have is belief that the presence of God might just be "improbable". This assertion might just be a weak one but it certainly is a universally known belief as of now. Some people strongly perceive that God is there in everything as they like to believe that a supreme power is being their watchful protector.
Many of us believe in the theory of Karma which clearly points out to the fact that we will be paid for our bad deeds at some point of time in life. This is a common perception that runs among atheists who strongly believe that religious people are delusional.
Over the past two years, I have written a few articles on philosophy of science and in simple words, I would like to categorize it all into two respective thought zones.
In Zone 1, we will put people who believe in the material science of the world and analyze all the things as they really are.
In Zone 2, we will put people who look to the non-material aspects such as mind and morality where we are having dual thoughts regarding our existence and our creation.
This is just my formal belief and I consider myself as atheist who believes in Karma.
Henceforth, most of the atheists might not place their beliefs in the presence of God but they do believe in the theology of Karma which clearly highlights the fact that our deeds throughout lifetime will be analyzed and according to that, we will be paid. Henceforth, according to Newton's Third Law of Motion, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The theology of Karma is somewhat identical to that of Newton's Third law.
Neither does the Theory of Cosmology nor Darwin's Theory of Evolution precisely enlighten us regarding the mystery behind our own existence. As Rommel Mijares said in his blog, neither the religious nor the atheists can prove the existence of God but all we have is belief that the presence of God might just be "improbable". This assertion might just be a weak one but it certainly is a universally known belief as of now. Some people strongly perceive that God is there in everything as they like to believe that a supreme power is being their watchful protector.
Many of us believe in the theory of Karma which clearly points out to the fact that we will be paid for our bad deeds at some point of time in life. This is a common perception that runs among atheists who strongly believe that religious people are delusional.
Over the past two years, I have written a few articles on philosophy of science and in simple words, I would like to categorize it all into two respective thought zones.
In Zone 1, we will put people who believe in the material science of the world and analyze all the things as they really are.
In Zone 2, we will put people who look to the non-material aspects such as mind and morality where we are having dual thoughts regarding our existence and our creation.
This is just my formal belief and I consider myself as atheist who believes in Karma.
Henceforth, most of the atheists might not place their beliefs in the presence of God but they do believe in the theology of Karma which clearly highlights the fact that our deeds throughout lifetime will be analyzed and according to that, we will be paid. Henceforth, according to Newton's Third Law of Motion, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The theology of Karma is somewhat identical to that of Newton's Third law.
Rommel Mijares said he would love to have your take on my perceptions which I have
highlighted in this article of mine. Furthermore, if my work strikes a
chord with you, then it will be my privilege to have you as a reader of
my upcoming works.
The market is too invested in Trump: Strategist The market is too invested in Trump: Strategist
উত্তরমুছুনFriday, 7 Apr 2017 | 11:32 AM ET | 03:39
When it comes to stocks over the next few months, one strategist is telling investors to look beyond the Trump administration and at the market's fundamentals instead.
The so-called "Trump rally" has seemed to cool off as stocks sit near all-time highs, but have generally traded in a range since the end of February. On that note, Eaton Vance's chief equity investment officer, Eddie Perkin, told CNBC that if investors look even deeper, the Trump rally may not be because of President Donald Trump after all.
"If we look at how the markets performed in the first quarter of the year, the stock market overall was very strong and I think a lot of people are attributing that to the Trump rally," Perkin said last week on CNBC's "Futures Now."
However, "if you look at the underlying stocks and sectors that worked, it was actually the stocks that had lagged previously," he added.
Following the November election, investors had their eyes on a variety of sectors that they believed would benefit under Trump's pro-business and deregulation-based policies. Financials and materials, for example, were two of the hottest "Trump trades" in the first few months out of the election.
Yet now, financials have slumped and are sitting almost flat from the start of the year, and materials have actually faded away from their year to date highs and are trading sideways. Instead, technology and health care have become two of the best-performing sectors.
A '2018 story'
Health care, which has been in the spotlight due to stalled repeal and replace in Washington, is up over 7 percent year to date. Meanwhile tech has rallied nearly 12 percent in 2017. Tech stocks were expected to come under pressure as Trump aimed to target the H-1B visa hiring tool. T
he surge in both these groups leads Perkin to point out that the supposed Trump trades are not what have been driving the market this year.
So what should investors be looking at to get a read on the market? Perkin actually believes that earnings growth will be the biggest factor moving stocks and will set the markets up for the "2018 story." Analysts are predicting a second quarter straight of improved earnings, with Thomson Reuters IBES saying that if all earnings meet estimates, the S&P 500 Index would see 10 percent growth.
"I think the bull case for stocks is you've got a bit of earnings growth this year, and then you've got an inflection upward in 2018," said Perkin. "If that doesn't come through, then I'm a little reluctant to bet on further multiple expansion from here."
Perkin does believe, however, that should the Trump administration manage to pass a tax reform bill, then the markets will likely head higher off the news.
Bill Gurley's investment firm, Benchmark, has made some big bets that paid off. The firm was an early investor in Instagram, Quora, Snap, Uber, Grubhub and Glassdoor, just to name a few.
উত্তরমুছুনHe also reads two books a month and writes prolifically, and might someday even pen a book of his own. The key to success is often information gathering, Gurley said on Thursday from the LAUNCH Festival in San Francisco.
Gurley's not alone: Another successful investor, Warren Buffett, has said he spends as much as 80 percent of his day reading. Gurley said that for any entrepreneur, storytelling is a big component of their job — so he has a set of books he recommended:
1. "Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors," by
Michael Porter
"All entrepreneurs have been taught to vilify the MBA," Gurley said, speaking of the graduate business degree. "This is a strategic error — to think that understanding business is a bad idea. And so 'Competitive Strategy' is the most efficient short-form MBA that you can get."
2. "Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers," by Geoffrey Moore
It's especially good for enterprise companies, Gurley said.
3. "The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail," by
Clay Christensen
"It's fantastic," Gurley said. "It's really the core essence of why start-ups have an advantage. Products that are able to be disruptive get over-designed. They get feature-rich, they get complex, they get heavy.
He added that "if you can design a product that exploits a desire of a subset of the customer base that doesn't want that complexity, but wants this feature, you can bust in. I've seen that over, and over, and over."
4. "Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure," by
Jerry Kaplan
The book is about "a massive failure in Silicon Valley," that had "all the best investors" and "all the best executives," Gurley said.
"And it's just spectacular, because on the way home from work every day he had a tape recorder and he left himself notes, so it's remarkably detailed," Gurley said. "We spend so much time analyzing success, and sometimes it's just good to read how hard it can be. And why it can be so hard. So that one's a real world account that I love."
5. "Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike," by
Phil Knight
"[The book] is just fantastic," Gurley said. "It just shows how much grit matters, how much you just got to leave it out there on the field. How tough it is, even for the successful companies. You shouldn't head out into entrepreneurialism thinking it is a hay ride. It's hard."