Predicting equity markets is not possible. Well, more than not possible, it is not necessary. Should we try it, at all or is it just a waste of effort and time. Well I can argue both ways, and for 99% of the investors, trying to guess the market direction and speed is completely unnecessary. However, […]
Yes this is a humor article, this is not meant to hurt anybody, especially not the kids who wanted to interview me. I told the kids that I am a long term investor and will say ‘no comments’ to questions which are meant for traders or speculators…these are the questions which were asked…and the answers: […]
Uncertainty gets the best out of smart people and gets the best of markets to invest! During uncertain times, investors get jittery and also nervous. Immaterial of what the outcome is going to be that uncertainty kills the markets. Actually news (good or bad) gets priced into the market. And they can move forward from […]
Those of you reading my blog know that I am paranoid about quality of strong, independent and reasonably fair management when I buy a share. To me it does not matter whether the prospects of a business are good or bad – that is at a later date. So let us talk about the NSE […]
The financial service industry – including its regulators – believe that more disclosure is better. Sure, more disclosure is better. Having dealt with retail investors over a long period of time – 30+ to be precise, I am not so sure. Giving people more and more written information couched in legal jargon does not really […]
To know whether media should be trusted you need to know how the media functions, power of the media, and how media is funded. If you do not know this, it becomes difficult to trust or not to know why not to trust. Such stories can never, ever be found on the mainstream media..read on […]
The term Bear Market is not easy to define. A loose consensus is when the market falls 20%, it is officially called a bear market. Let us say the market has fallen from a high of 30000 to 24000, then it is a bear market. However, just hold on, life is not so simple! More […]