tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56212230080770841642024-02-02T08:15:06.384-08:00Anil Jethmal on BloggerFinancial Professional by Heritage and EducationAnil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-76242367585386662112021-01-02T18:18:00.003-08:002021-01-05T12:47:26.302-08:00How India Became Great Again<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2w-Fd_I8RpR6IuNpR4RQPqMSy3wvKA4XDz-19tp3ymY8xMvdaJ-9O0TElk5W9Pu6u13nUa2kVgQwbH4sHRzJ6Tq1XTmMIYbTZ1XHhtdizY2ONOt1Sl5eqyHTOXDopmSVtldY4edOX0h3T/s850/MG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2w-Fd_I8RpR6IuNpR4RQPqMSy3wvKA4XDz-19tp3ymY8xMvdaJ-9O0TElk5W9Pu6u13nUa2kVgQwbH4sHRzJ6Tq1XTmMIYbTZ1XHhtdizY2ONOt1Sl5eqyHTOXDopmSVtldY4edOX0h3T/s320/MG.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As far back
as he can remember, Anil Jethmal has admired one historical figure above all
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To this day, he marvels at how Mahatma
Gandhi brought the mighty British Empire to its knees not by force, but by
moral embarrassment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
reporter once asked Mahatma Gandhi what he thought of Western
civilization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I think it would be a
good idea”, he wittily replied.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Gandhi, of
course, was speaking of Great Britain and their very uncivilized conduct from
the mid-18<sup>th</sup> century to the mid-20<sup>th</sup> century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a period marked by depredations in
India, slavery from Africa, the creation of an opioid crisis in China, the creation
of several famines in Ireland and India and several other international atrocities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The British
worldwide conduct of looting, drug dealing and slavery was done for similar
reasons that many common criminals loot, deal drugs and commit unspeakable acts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was done for money and, in Britain's case, was fueled by
racism.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A schoolmate
of Anil Jethmal, Indian Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, points out in is famous <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=f7CW7S0zxv4&list=PLGg13PW61XNF-TfB5hWn6EtqZCLwraV15">Oxford Union speech</a> that when
Britain arrived on India’s shores in the mid-18<sup>th</sup> century, India had
23% of the world’s GDP and was, during that century, the wealthiest country in
the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time the British were
forced out in 1947, after 200 years of theft and looting, India was left in
tatters and a veritable poster child for third world poverty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A mere 70
years later, India has rebuilt herself, rising from the ashes economically and
has actually passed the UK in GDP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So, what was
it that made India great again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anil
Jethmal believes that India’s resilience and strength lie in its richness of diversity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>India is what it has always been…a country of
acceptance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">India, after
all, gave refuge to the Jews after the destruction of the First Temple by the
Babylonians and thereafter by the Romans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And to this day, India remains the only Jewish diaspora on the planet to
never have had a single incident of anti-Semitism by a local.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The same is
true for Christianity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Legend has it
that when Doubting Thomas, the apostle, arrived on the shores of India around
52 A.D, he was welcomed by a flute playing Jewish girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saint Thomas spread Christianity in India
peacefully and found many followers, well before any European had even discovered the religion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The same is
true of Islam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The religion came
peacefully to the south of India over many centuries through merchants sailing
the trade route between India, Africa and Saudi Arabia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In fact,
India has accepted every religion known to man with the possible exception of
Shintoism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Rupee (India’s
currency) has its value written on the note in 17 different languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Constitution of India recognizes 23
different official languages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The great
Rabindranath Tagore encapsulated what India is by calling it “one nation embracing
many”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">So how does
the racial acceptance lead to economic success?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Anil Jethmal believes that racism is massively wasted energy that could
be otherwise used in productive endeavors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>More profoundly, in a pluralistic country like India, acceptance leads
to cooperation among people with different ways of thinking, and thus, takes advantage of different skillsets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It is why
India, for example, became the world leader in so many industries…..textiles,
steel productions, ship building, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And,
it is why today companies including Pepsi, Google, Nokia, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM,
Micron, MasterCard and so many other successful global brands have Indians at
the top spot of their company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And while
much of India’s talent has been exported and is now featured prominently on the
world stage, many talented Indians remain in India pushing India up the global
rankings. Economic forecasters agree that India will be the world's 3<sup>rd</sup>
largest economy by 2030 and the largest economy in the world by 2050.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The secret
sauce, Anil Jethmal believes, is acceptance and cooperation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That, above all else, is how India became
great again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-3265176812995798312020-02-17T12:24:00.000-08:002020-02-17T12:24:07.877-08:00Classically Trained<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 1983, at the Welcoming Convocation for Freshman Students at Bowdoin College, Anil Jethmal recalls, in great detail, a conversation that he had with the college's President. <br />
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As an entering freshman, it was customary to sign one's name into a thick leather-bound book.<br />
When informed that every student who ever attended Bowdoin College had also signed, Anil Jethmal asked President Greason if alums, and literary giants, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had also signed the book as incoming freshman.<br />
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Beaming with almost a sense of parental pride, President Greason retrieved a much older, thick leather-bound book and showed Anil original signatures of Hawthorne, and a few pages later, Longfellow.<br />
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Noting that the signatures were just a few pages apart, Anil Jethmal asked Greason if those two legends of American literature attended Bowdoin simultaneously, He informed Anil that both were of the class of 1825. <a href="https://excellence-in-literature.com/elegy-for-hawthorne-by-henry-wadsworth-longfellow/"> Both were English majors and were goods friends</a>. Furthermore, he emphasized, legend had it that both were obsessed with perfecting their crafts.<br />
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Anil quipped that he would hate to be in an English class with those two....and to be graded in that class on a curve. Smiling enigmatically, Greason said something that Anil Jethmal says that he carries to the present day. In order to be great at anything, he proclaimed, one must practice whatever that is obsessively. He stated that over the next fours years at Bowdoin, Anil, as with all incoming students, would write and submit over a thousand pages of papers to his professors. Four years later, Anil calculated that number as a very conservative estimate.<br />
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More importantly, what Anil Jethmal took from that conversation was that to be exceptional at most anything worthwhile in life, one must spend hundreds or even thousands of hours working at it.<br />
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And when life inevitably has presented its opportunities and challenges, Anil Jethmal often thinks back to that conversation he had as a wide-eyed freshman...and more often than not, it has buoyed him to keep moving forward.Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-24077711862335974042019-10-03T04:11:00.000-07:002019-10-03T04:11:32.523-07:00Just Say No To Cannabis During Pregnancy
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">Financial advisor Anil Jethmal is asked about it all the
time.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And his answer is always the
same.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He refuses to recommend purchase
of any cannabis stock.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It does not
matter what the prospects for the stock or the industry are.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Some things, Anil Jethmal strongly believes,
are more important than money.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">The concern is less for adults and what harm they may or may
not be doing to themselves.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>His issue
has to do with pregnant mothers’ usage of cannabis...and the lifelong harm it
does to the defenseless human beings yet to be born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">As cannabis use has become legal in an increasing number of jurisdictions
in the US, more people are being forthcoming about their use.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>While it seems intuitive that marijuana use would
be dangerous for the health of the baby, medical researchers now have conclusive
evidence of its ill effects on the fetus during gestation.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
cannabinoids cross the placental barrier, then pass through the umbilical cord
and towards the baby’s liver.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They can
then remain within the baby’s circulatory system for up to five days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">The danger does not end at birth. Once the baby is born,
those breastfeeding mothers pass on additional doses of toxicity to their
newborns, equivalent to eight times the mother’s THC to blood level.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Research has shown that these babies on average
experience significantly lower birth weight.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>In early development and adolescence, they develop elevated levels of
attention deficit disorders, hyperactivity, anxiety and depression. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">Alarmingly,<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25772211"> </a></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25772211">seventy percent of women in the UnitedStates believe that there is “slight or no risk of harm” in using cannabis during pregnancy</a>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Increased legalization
could move that percentage higher.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">Unfortunately, many mothers refuse to acknowledge the
harm they are causing their babies.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This
is likely due to their lack of education on the matter coupled with their
physical and mental addictions to cannabis.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>For Anil Jethmal, education is the key.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Without it, sadly, it is the yet unborn who will pay the price for life.</span><span style="font-family: calibri;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Of Indian descent, but virtually a lifelong New Yorker, Anil
Jethmal is often asked about the caste system in India.<span style="margin: 0px;"> Many confuse the "caste system" with the similar sounding "class system". </span>Anil Jethmal is quick to point out that the
Indian <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">caste </i>system is vastly
different from the American <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">class</i>
system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The class system, in the Western world, is generally about money.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The upper class is defined by those having
more money than those in the middle class….and the middle class is defined by
those having more money than those in the lower class.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Some might quip that the word “class” is a
misnomer. However, in general American parlance, those with higher levels of
monetary wealth are considered to be in a higher class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">In the Indian caste system, the wealthiest business people
belong to just the third highest of the four caste levels.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The highest caste is the Brahman (spiritual)…then,
the Kshatriya (warrior or ruler)….third, the Vaisya (skilled worker/businessman)
and last, the Sudra (unskilled worker).<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Thankfully, the caste classification of “untouchable”, a despicable period in Indian history, no longer exists,
having been banned in 1949.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The highest caste, the Brahmans, understand that making
money, in itself, should not be an end, or even the sole means to an end. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They understand the need for balance and that contributing
to the common good is a necessary ingredient to attain that balance—not just
giving money, but also giving of one’s self.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Many Vaisyas (businessmen) in India instinctively aspire to
a higher caste by attempting to incorporate those Brahman ideals not only into
their daily lives, but also into their own day to day business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">From early childhood, Anil’s family adopted those ideals and
led by example.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They demonstrated, time
after time, how many <a href="https://aniljethmal.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/anil-jethmal-the-winners-circle-2-how-ten-stockbrokers-became-the-best-in-the-business/">spectacular successes can occur in business, seemingly effortlessly, when a truly worthy purpose was intrinsic to the goal</a>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Anil Jethmal recalls his father speaking about “tapping into
an energy” when one is doing what is right.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>More than that, his father continued, those who do garner that energy
never seemed to care who got the credit for a successful endeavor, often
donating to others and giving of themselves anonymously.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>As proof to his skeptical son, he pointed out
that the best colleges and universities (with presumably the most accomplished
alumni) receive the most and largest <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">anonymous</i>
donations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Through the years, Anil Jethmal recalls several instances
where his<a href="https://aniljethmal.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/a-man-of-character/"> father would act in a similar manner---often going well out of his way, in order to do the right thing---even if he thought no one was watching</a>. It
is a philosophy truly worth following.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And
for Anil, it has the added benefit of connecting him to his family and to his heritage.</span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span>Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-74305746187172616282018-01-17T15:58:00.001-08:002018-01-17T15:58:38.769-08:00Are Student Loans Worth It?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">Six months after graduating from Bowdoin College in 1987,
Anil Jethmal received in the mail his student loan installment plan.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Only twenty-two years old and with an entry
level financial advisor job with its associated entry level salary, reality
began to set in for Anil that he had to start paying back tens of thousands of
dollars in student loans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">Was it all worth it?<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Of course, it was.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Anil knew all
the statistics.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>For every dollar
invested on an education at Bowdoin, the lifetime financial returns are
considerably higher.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>True to form, Anil
was able to pay back every penny of his student loans with interest well before
the 10-year allotted schedule.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">Anil Jethmal is well aware that his financial successes in
life, including his being featured in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=The+Winner%27s+Circle+II">The Winner’s Circle II: How 10 Stockbrokers Became the Best in the Business</a></i>,
can largely be attributed to his education.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>However, he has since learned to appreciate his education in a much
broader sense. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">In a time where racial tensions in society have reached a
boiling point, Anil recalls a conspicuous <a href="http://aniljethmal.blogspot.com/2017/12/four-wonderful-years-free-of-racism.html">absence of racism during his entire 4 years at Bowdoin College</a>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Anil was aware
that Bowdoin College is perennially ranked in the top 1% of all colleges in the
U.S and, therefore, only accepts the best, the brightest and hardest working
students. However, it wasn’t until he got there that he realized the wonderful
by-product of Bowdoin’s vetting process. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;"><a href="http://aniljethmal.tumblr.com/post/167700452518/education-versus-racism-a-conversation-with-maya">Anil Jethmal, in a conversation with famed author and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou</a>, discussed the relative, if not total, lack of
racism at Bowdoin.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Maya Angelou
theorized that it was due to an abundance of “intellectual curiosity” on campus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">She held firmly that those with an “<a href="http://aniljethmal.tumblr.com/post/164193806688/nationalism-a-case-study-through-a-childs-eyes">intellectual curiosity</a>”
don’t fear people who are different.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>They want to know more about what and why others are different.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Those with an “intellectual curiosity” have
healthy self-esteem—they don’t need to put down others to feel better about
themselves. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">Through the years, Anil has found that his education has bettered him and broadened his own scope of interests in countless other ways.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">His studies of history, for example, inspire Anil often to
choose vacations where he may explore new and exciting world cultures.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He feels that those who exclusively spend
their vacations at the golf course or at the beach are bypassing some of the
best that life has to offer.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Even with
something as simple as food, Anil Jethmal finds, those with eclectic interests (inspired
by intellectual curiosity) discover many wonderful ethnic cuisines that others may never know and enjoy.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">His enjoyment of the fine arts and for the symphony can be
directly traced back to his incredibly engaging professors and the <a href="https://www.behance.net/gallery/55751135/Bowdoin-College-Museum-of-Art">stunning facilities at Bowdoin</a>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: calibri;"><span style="margin: 0px;">The list goes on and on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">While so many may analyze the monetary benefits of an elite
education in terms of financial returns, Anil feels that education has enriched
his life in so many other ways.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And
that, as the saying goes, is priceless.</span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: calibri;"></span>Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-32064099183561182072017-12-26T15:37:00.000-08:002017-12-26T15:37:09.390-08:00Dress for Success
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">When Anil Jethmal was 6 years old and attending the Campion
School in Mumbai, India, he wore a tie to school.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The tie was part of the school uniform for 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>
grader Anil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">At age 10, Anil Jethmal and his family moved back to New
York permanently.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>For his first day of 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
grade at the Browning School, located on Park Avenue in Manhattan, Anil again
wore a tie, this time with his three-piece suit.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The suit had a decorative pocket square in
the breast pocket.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He carried his books
to school in a brief case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">While many consider Anil’s attire to be unusually formal for
a 10 year-old schoolboy, The Browning School felt otherwise.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Founded in 1888 by John D Rockefeller,
Browning’s stated goal since inception was not only to educate, but also to
foster an atmosphere where boys grew up to be gentlemen.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The clothing was just a part of that
endeavor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri;">However, something interesting happened along the way.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>After several years of wearing a suit to
school every day, Anil began to psychologically associate dressing up with
working.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Four decades later, even when
working from home, Anil Jethmal still finds a need to dress up in order to be
productive. And while he does not wear a suit and tie when working from home,
he comes pretty close….always a professionally pressed collared shirt
and creased pants.</span></div>
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Moreover, i<span style="font-family: calibri;">n an age when technology is insidiously blurring the line
between work and leisure, Anil, now more than ever, feels the need to delineate
the two---what better way, then, than dressing for success…and equally
important, dressing for leisure and family time.</span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: calibri;"></span>Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-69427741295959634512017-12-12T20:38:00.000-08:002019-05-29T06:35:59.614-07:00An Oasis in Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A native of New York and of Indian heritage, Anil Jethmal was used to hearing ethnic "jokes", comments and innuendos from far too many of his native New Yorkers. He often heard that the cultural diversity of New York actually made the city a much more tolerant and accepting place than other parts of the country.<br />
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So when Anil Jethmal attended Bowdoin College in Maine, it marked the first time that he would be living away from his New York home. He read that Bowdoin College was mostly comprised of a somewhat homogenous "white" student body. It was Anil's full expectation that the jokes and comments would come more fast and furiously than anything he had experienced prior to the point.<br />
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In reality, quite the opposite turned out to be the case. In Anil's four years at Bowdoin, he does not recall a single slight towards him because of his nationality. Yet, when Anil would return to New York for summer and winter break every year for four consecutive years, he felt each time as if he were journeying not just back to New York, but back to America's intolerant past.<br />
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In a period of time, where so many feel emboldened to express their intolerance and racist tendencies, Anil Jethmal often wonders exactly what it was about Bowdoin that made its constituents break down racial divides. The most obvious answer is that Bowdoin College is known to be one of the best, if not the best, college in the United States. It accepts only those students whose academic achievements rank them at the top of their class.<br />
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So, when Anil would inform his fellow students of his ethnicity, he would brace for an all too familiar negative response. Instead, much to his surprise and delight, he encountered a very different attitude. He found that his fellow students had an intellectual curiosity about India, and of Anil's experiences as an American of Indian heritage living in the US.<br />
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Given the recent social climate in the US, Anil is convinced more than ever that quality education is the most effective antidote to racism. And, as he fondly remembers those four wonderful years, he is jolted back to the realization of how far away we, as a country, are from that utopia. How to get there, of course, remains the million dollar question.<br />
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<br />Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-26750198338099105212017-10-28T13:27:00.000-07:002017-10-29T05:17:25.636-07:00An Education in Mindfulness<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Anil Jethmal graduated from Bowdoin College in 1987 with a degree
in Economics.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>While he feels fortunate
to receive his education from an institution that perennially ranks as one of
the top ten in <a href="https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges">U.S News and World Report’s Best College Report</a>, Anil wishes
there was one class offered back then that is offered now.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYUN947Qd61UiDAWcZKk7r83JijNie236tgA2rPgYMTHx9z62byTvZMUsSPGiQhPburKQj78J0G7BlZFuuiP_2Zq64qc4sgmA_4AhbfoevyyMs8cdLNUemlzPV0WfgfSjSqcvmwPxld1w/s1600/wellness.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYUN947Qd61UiDAWcZKk7r83JijNie236tgA2rPgYMTHx9z62byTvZMUsSPGiQhPburKQj78J0G7BlZFuuiP_2Zq64qc4sgmA_4AhbfoevyyMs8cdLNUemlzPV0WfgfSjSqcvmwPxld1w/s1600/wellness.png" /></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";">During a recent summer vacation in Maine with his family,
Anil Jethmal decided to visit his alma mater.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>During his tour of the campus, Anil noticed a “new” building.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The Peter Buck Center for Health and Wellness
had opened and been available to students starting in September of 2009.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It was a stunning facility, to be sure.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>However, what really caught Anil Jethmal’s
attention was the fact that it was also where a course titled Mindfulness in Education
was taught. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The course, Anil was told,
focuses on the ancient eastern arts of mindful wellness through activities such
as yoga, meditation and mindful eating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">At first blush, one might surmise that the course is a “gut”
(college term for easy class), especially when one considers that Bowdoin
College is an institution that is known to have a rigorous curriculum.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Anil Jethmal asked his tour guide that very
question.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He was told that quite the
opposite is the case.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Bowdoin College
students are used to digesting large amounts of information and writing hundreds
of pages of term papers on a regular basis.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>And while “Mindfulness in Education” does require a lesser degree of
those demands, Anil Jethmal was told, it focuses on a mindful awareness and rewiring
of personal habits….a much more difficult endeavor to learn and master for
those who have not had any prior experience or training.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">As an individual steeped in the world of high finance and
all of its pressures, Anil Jethmal discovered many years ago the value of
mindfulness.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Anil’s particular brand of
mindfulness was self-taught due to an occupational hazard of constant pressure
and stress. During his Bowdoin tour, Anil couldn’t help but envy those who have
the opportunity to study this art under much more idyllic conditions.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>However, more overwhelming, was a sense of
pride that his alma mater, Bowdoin College, widely recognized as among the
best, <a href="http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/news/a8333/best-liberal-arts-colleges-in-america/">if not the best</a>, had taken it up a notch. </span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span>Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-45313325632232655312017-08-03T09:15:00.000-07:002017-08-03T14:09:29.698-07:00Meditation & Stock Market Investing<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">When the stock market crashed in 1987, Anil Jethmal was a
stockbroker trainee at Lehman Brothers in New York City.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He recounts in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Winners-Circle-II-Stockbrokers-Business/dp/0131862715/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501775993&sr=8-1&keywords=the+winners+circle+2+how">The Winner’s Circle 2: How Ten Stockbrokers Became the Best In the Business</a>, “I’ll never forget that day.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Pandemonium broke loose and the entire office
was in a frenzy.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Normally cool brokers
were screaming…..one broker even had a nervous breakdown”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Anil went home shaken.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>He was unsure whether this was the right career path for him.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He turned to his father for some sage
advice.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It was this advice, even 30
years later, that Anil Jethmal credits for his success today.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>His father told him not to make any rash
decisions while his mind was in a frenzy.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>All decisions, particularly in the fast paced world of stock market investing,
need to be made with a sense of calm, focus, patience and perspective.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He spoke of how Christians and Catholics
remind themselves that “this too shall pass”.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Of Indian heritage, Anil’s father talked about the benefits and
techniques of meditation.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Being in a
state of mental crisis, Anil was willing to try it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Over the years, Anil Jethmal found that the benefits of
meditation are exactly what the greatest investors preach as necessary tools in
order to succeed.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Ray Dalio, whose entire
17 billion dollar fortune was made in stocks, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ray-dalio-featured-in-dr-normal-rosenthal-book-super-mind-152727852.html">credits meditation for his success</a>. Recently, he emphatically stated, “more
than anything in my life (meditation) was the biggest ingredient for whatever success I’ve
had.” Billionaire stock investor, Paul Tudor Jones, is also an avid
meditator.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-zen-meditation-buddhism-2015-1">Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, Pixar and Next, credits meditation with helping his creativity and focus.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">To this day, Anil uses meditation, not as an emergency tool
during times of crisis, but as a daily ritual.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Besides making him a better investor, it connects him to his father and
to his heritage.</span></div>
<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "calibri";"></span>Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-81389472613115778552017-04-11T12:41:00.002-07:002017-04-11T12:41:49.387-07:00The Seven Points of Posture for Meditation<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0r6cx7B25d-9QYYI8ok2SD3ZpnK-ZOsOS5P85eAgeftGzWWvO0vu4bf0Qbrx1LCeJlR7QpBFjgheNaGe02RQG9SPlwZ9DUWfUv-cm3Lt2We6IqSXOeSrntWHU59IGSLJ_jzWoPB6esYl/s1600/How-and-Why-I-Meditate_Hero1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0r6cx7B25d-9QYYI8ok2SD3ZpnK-ZOsOS5P85eAgeftGzWWvO0vu4bf0Qbrx1LCeJlR7QpBFjgheNaGe02RQG9SPlwZ9DUWfUv-cm3Lt2We6IqSXOeSrntWHU59IGSLJ_jzWoPB6esYl/s320/How-and-Why-I-Meditate_Hero1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A successful financial executive, Anil Jethmal has over 25 years of experience in the industry. To help himself relax and achieve a greater sense of focus for the upcoming day, Anil Jethmal enjoys meditating. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">While there are six primary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation">meditation</a> poses, include the quarter lotus and seiza, they all share the seven-point posture of Vairocana. Naturally, the first point of posture is sitting down, typically in a cross-legged position. The second point requires you to sit upright and elongate your spine to the point where it is straight as an arrow. Next, it's important to rest your hands, ideally on your lap with your elbow resting near your thigh, acting as an axis point and providing additional support for your spine. According to Kilung Rinpoche, author of "The Relaxed Mind," having your palms face down helps calm your body's flow of energy.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The fourth point of posture is to push your shoulders back slightly and let them relax, keeping your chest out. Next, slightly tuck your chin into your neck and let your mouth drop open to relax your face. Finally, the seventh point of posture is resting your gaze. Adopt a loose, unfocused gaze toward the ground in front of you, approximately three feet away. Alternatively, you can close your eyes. Proper posture will help quiet your mind for successful meditation.</span>Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-30352993699312499022017-03-09T11:18:00.000-08:002017-03-09T11:18:03.535-08:00Best Cities for Finance Jobs in the United States<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Anil Jethmal is a graduate of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he earned a BA in economics. Today, Anil Jethmal is an investment executive in New York and was featured in the book, The Winner’s Circle 2: How 10 Stockbrokers Became the Best in the Business.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A stockbroker is a finance professional who assists clients in the purchase and sale of stocks. Though New York City is the place in the United States that most people associate with stockbrokers and other financial professionals, several other cities around the country are also known for their thriving finance sectors.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A few hours north of<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City"> New York City,</a> Boston, Massachusetts, is an excellent place for finance jobs and those looking to work in asset management. Boston's cost of living is significantly lower than that of New York City, which can save new graduates money while they gain footing in the industry. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Chicago, Illinois, is another excellent choice for those who want to work in finance. Many of the largest US banks have roots in Chicago, and recent developments suggest that Bank of America will soon be calling Chicago home.</span>Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-13987011183371982012017-02-16T08:56:00.000-08:002017-02-16T08:56:16.347-08:00Benefits of a Meditation Practice <br />
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Anil Jethmal leads as a senior investment executive in Cortlandt Manor,
New York. To maintain focus on his work and to manage stress, Anil
Jethmal keeps up with a regular meditation practice.<br /><br />The
traditional practice of<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation"> meditation</a> has received widespread attention in
recent years for its ability to focus the mind, calm the emotions, and
balance the body. Research has shown that a regular meditation practice
improves the body's stress responses and can even reduce blood pressure.
Furthermore, many patients with chronic inflammation or pain have found
that meditating can lead to noticeable symptom improvement.<br /><br />Meditation
has also proven effective at increasing positive emotions and reducing
negative affect. Multiple studies have demonstrated the effect of
meditation on anxiety, even to the level that it decreases the density
of brain tissue involved in “worry” thoughts. It can mitigate feelings
of depression and improve psychological processes overall, thus
encouraging a sense of general well-being.<br /><br />People who meditate
often report feeling more connected to others as well. The practice
naturally strengthens one's ability to empathize and to read emotional
cues, while cultivating a sense of compassion. At the same time, the
practitioner's increasing emotional stability supports the development
of less tumultuous interpersonal relations.<br /><br />Similarly effective
at boosting productivity, meditation increases an individual's ability
to focus on tasks. It strengthens cognition as well as memory, and can
even help the brain to process new information, thus making the learning
process more efficient. People who meditate have found that they are
more effective as well as more creative, both at work and in everyday
life.
Anil Jethmalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11491951980444092187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621223008077084164.post-91334226968623826512017-01-10T10:20:00.001-08:002017-01-10T10:20:57.396-08:00The FTSE 100 Sets New Record High <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOqmCvkNb0BxcQrYz5Ff1luP6gkmsOGtPMuKnE2ipuJB-ga6AX_HXxHsz185Z8yT526bpWcq-tFuIy2NpX2sswdr0aVyIxqqVoD11wpRmQmPbSq3d_-O94xA_6G1E1mfxH_xeK9Pvp3T9/s1600/FTSE_100_index_chart_since_1984.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOqmCvkNb0BxcQrYz5Ff1luP6gkmsOGtPMuKnE2ipuJB-ga6AX_HXxHsz185Z8yT526bpWcq-tFuIy2NpX2sswdr0aVyIxqqVoD11wpRmQmPbSq3d_-O94xA_6G1E1mfxH_xeK9Pvp3T9/s320/FTSE_100_index_chart_since_1984.png" width="320" /></a><br />
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Before his 27 year career in the finance and investment industry, Anil
Jethmal graduated with a BA in economics from Bowdoin College in
Brunswick, Maine. Employed at both Smith Barney and Gruntal &
Company, Simon & Schuster featured Anil Jethmal in "The Winner's
Circle 2: How 10 Stockbrokers Became the Best in the Business.”<br /><br />While
the Dow Jones Industrial Average has deservedly captured much investor
attention as it recently threatened to surpass the psychologically
important 20,000 mark, the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) FTSE 100 also
recently hit a new high of 7,106.08 on December 28. <br /><br />Known as
"blue chips," the LSE’s 100 largest companies comprise the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTSE_100_Index">FTSE 100</a>, and
these stocks serve as a benchmark for the overall performance of the
LSE. The acronym of FTSE is derived from the era when the Financial
Times (FT) and the LSE (SE) both held a 50 percent interest in the
exchange. The FTSE is now a subsidiary of the LSE.
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