Review of Personal Financial Blogs….
One senior journalist has asked me for my views on India’s financial blogs. I normally do not do such things ….frankly I do not see the purpose. However, succumbing to pressure (or a vicarious pleasure of doing something like this?)…I said yes.
Now I have 2 questions to ask all you readers:
1. Which are the blogs that I should cover? (I do not think I will cover more than 10 of them)
2. What are the criteria based on which I should be JUDGING them?
will do the exercise …WITHOUT TALKING to the bloggers themselves – many of them I know.
I also know that an exercise like this will make more ENEMIES than FRIENDS…..but still…lets have fun 🙂
Srikanth
Blogs I follow:
Deepak Shenoy’s Capital Mind
Jago Investor
One Mint
Ranjan Varma’s blog
Value—InvestorIndia.blogspot.com
ww.shyamscolumn.com
And, of course, ahem, Subramoney.com 🙂
Regards,
Srikanth
BRS
Few more:
– http://www.raagvamdatt.com/
– http://www.vinayahs.com/
For criteria, my 2 cents:
– unbiased, original content and most importantly, useful for retail customers.
prabe
My 2 cents would be
ww.jago-investor.com and ww.capital-mind.in
Shankar
I am resubmitting the list presented by @Srikanth
kanja
Capital Mind (Deepak Shenoy)
One Mint
Criteria:
Unbiased
How good are they at giving boring advice to retail investors
Education, New insights, Knowledge shared with the readers
Vishal Khandelwal
I’m submitting my own investing blog for your review 🙂
http://www.safalniveshak.com/
With respect,
Vishal
Sreekant
ht://moneycaresolutions.in/blog/
Disclaimer: It’s my own blog.
Sreekant
Sorry, it should’ve read DISCLOSURE not DISCLAIMER.
Bhushan
Subra,
check this website. Author seems to be very knowledgeable in financial market and you might know him through moneycontrol links. I mostly read his response to queries in the “confused minds clear answer” columns in the website.
website is: htp:/www.anilselarka.com/
Read responses in 3-4 months before deciding on anything. His advices are primariy on stock markets.
Regards,
Bhushan.
Muthu
Professor Sanjay Bakshi would be an excellent resource if you want to develop your stock picking skills, especially if you follow Graham / Buffett School of value investing.
ritukant
Subra,
Though you do not need an advice, here’s what I can suggest:
1. Personal finance needs to be simple. Really simple. Break down jargons and complex products into simple stuff. But that needs deep understanding of the subject.
2. What is the purpose behind writing blog. Is it creating brand and marketing using the cheapest available medium that is blog, or is it building a base for future business or is it, like your blog, serving the purpose of financial education without looking to monetize the blog later.
3. Is the stuff written in the blog lifted from personal finance books; from other blogs by seasoned bloggers; from company websites; or research reports that come out almost everyday.
4. What is the core competency of the person writing the blog? For example, Ranjan Varma has been in financial services industry for over 20 years, or you have have worked as a NSE member, are a qualified CA.
Karthik
I also like srikanths list..Couple of comments
1.ww.tipblog.in is a good blog on divident based investing..
2. Shyams column doesnt exist any longer. Not sure why. I learnt a lot from him and he gave me financial consultancy couple of times.
anon
onemint.com
he knows what he does not know as well, and is honest about it.
jagbir
I invest only in direct equity and I find following blogs very good in that aspect apart from few excellent already mentioned by readers in comments.
1. htt/valueinvestorindia.blogspot.com – I read few of his posts earlier and immediately hooked to it. True value investor.
2. htt/investment-in-sight.blogspot.com – Stock investment can be illustrated in simple but effective way.
Of course, my daily dose is subramoney and I am sure no other national or international blog can replace that.
Rakesh
Subra sir,
Apart from the above blogs mentioned you can also look at
http:ww.thewealth–wisher.com/
Rakesh
Statspotting
We use a list of finance sites (more like a daily digest of top financial news from the world):
htt/fi-lll.com
(that is filll with three ‘l’s)
Nath
I’d like you to take a peek at my own blog, http://financialviewsofmrn.blogspot.com/ (Whether or not it ought to be part of the top 10 is, obviously, dependent on the number and quality of other blogs that you choose to look at!)
Nath
Muthu
http://www.capitalideasonline.com is also a good portal.
This or Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s writings (and few others) cannot be strictly classified as a personal finance blog.
But if one wants to develop his stock picking abilities and analyzing businesses; they offer very good insights.
I wouldn’t go by any broker’s recommendation for buying a stock. Not everyone has a broker as Mr.Subra has.
The fault is not with the broker. The system is such that he has no economic incentive to do this; assuming he is capable.
There are good number of actively managed funds that have been doing well on a consistent basis.
Since I assume many people who read this blog may be DIY investors; many of you may be investing in direct equity as well. That’s why I mentioned these portals.
Stock picking is not an easy task but can be extremely rewarding if you are intelligent and lucky.
Pandu
Blogs I try to keep in touch.
Subramoney.com 🙂
shyamscolumn.com (he used to write in The Hindu/Business Line) – blog is not updated regularly
capitalmind.in
jagovinestor.com
sandipsabharwal.com
blog.happionnaire.com
tipblog.in (not regularly updated)
value-picks.blogspot.com