இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துகள்..! என்றும் அன்புடன் http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ The last decade was perhaps the most difficult in my investment life of 3 decades. I am happy I survived – thanks to a fantastic investment advisor who like wine is maturing with age. There of course have been mistakes and big ones – happily there have been learnings. [...]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ Happy Sankrant, Happy Pongal, Happy Lori……in short if you are from the West of the country, North of the country, or South of the country, happy new year!! For the Tamilians, Puthandu Nal Vazthugal…!! Continuing yesterdays post…assets that protect you against inflation…. Real Estate Traditionally real estate has been considered a very effective hedge [...]
The easiest way to protect a portfolio from inflation is to buy assets that will benefit from inflation. Below are a few of them. Gold Gold is seen as a classic inflation hedge. However in India over the last 30 years it has not been a good hedge against inflation. Another issue with gold is [...]
this is a part of the inflation story in Moneymantra…. Well there are two things to understand – inflation hurts only in the long run. If you have an expenditure coming up in the next 2 years inflation should not be a bother. However if you are looking at the longer run – say upwards [...]
Now imagine the stress this puts on the government (remember government pays indexed salaries and indexed pensions) finances. Low real returns has a very bad impact on the investments that people make – and the asset allocation has an impact on the credit market also. So the government has to tackle inflation – in a [...]
Inflation story continued……… Psychological Impact of inflation is quite harsh on the investors and savers. Economic theory says when inflation is high, people will tend to spend more – because there is no incentive to save. This is true to a very limited extent. Most people get so scared that they start saving more and [...]