The mistakes that I made in my equity investing have now been well documented. Now I will tell you some more shares where I did not make ENOUGH money. This is the mistake of spotting the opportunity but not having the brain power to stay through the full journey of wealth creation. Infosys: My investing [...]
After saying so many things about my blunders, let me tell you the companies where I made some money too! Lest you think of me as a bumbling idiot…and let us see if there is a pattern. The companies which earned my family nice money are Coromandel fertilizers, Hindalco, EID Parry, Tata Motors, Cummins, [...]
The number of posts that I have written about my investing blunders keeps me wondering how or what kept me going at all! This blunder is perhaps the biggest of them all. A quick recap of my life and timelines is necessary for this. In 1986 I qualified as a CA and got into practise. [...]
Or Why you do not need an investment consultant ! If you need bypass surgery, you should find the most qualified surgeon available. If you’re getting sued, you should hire the best defense lawyer in town.These 2 are fairly obvious and I do not think you can do your own root canal surgery, brain surgery [...]
Many things in life are better achieved slowly if you want the gain to be permanent! Does this remind you of another boring task – the process of losing weight? If so, welcome! Investing and money management is a lot like eating. So is losing debt like dieting? maybe…maybe not. Is getting out of debt [...]
Women need to know more about money than men do. However in real life this very important task is usually outsourced to the men in their lives – sometimes with tragic results. Many girls and women I know do not even accept the full responsibility for their financial lives. Immaterial of whether it is a [...]