Investing is a lot about luck – any investor will tell you that. I have said this in an earlier post also. For example I sold hdfc, l&t, and tata power (skill, I thought they were overpriced in a slowing down market) – they are still way below my sale price. Then I used some […]
Many of today’s equity sales people (never mind if they are hawking mutual funds, direct equity, pms, or life insurance) may not really have a perspective on the long-term positive attributes of equity investing. Certainly, equity markets do not always deliver positive returns in a steady upward fashion. Nor are they obliged to do so. […]
The share markets around the world have been home to more than its fair share of scandals. There have been scandals from accounting, fraud, rigging, insider trading, audit committees not doing their work, research reports for different audiences, back dating of esops, and initial public offerings. Maybe you’ve just lost a fortune in the market. […]
About 20 days back 2 senior politicians told me the trust vote would go through comfortably. One was from Congress and the other from BJP. One senior journalist also told me that the trust vote would go through. However, none of them were correct about the margin of votes. That is the problem about predictions […]
Are we in a bear market? Well I do not know. But surely the index is a far cry from 21000 index that we had seen earlier this year. Is this the first time that we are going through a bear market in India? The answer is a mixed one. It is a no if […]
Markets in the country are going through a bad phase for sure. However, it may be an opportunity to buy if you are optimistic. The main worries are – 1. There is a large sales force today far, far divorced from the end customer! 2. In the previous bear market the sales force (brokers) were […]
What events trigger a market to rise and what triggers a fall? Conventional wisdom tells us “good events” should trigger a rise and “bad” events should trigger a fall. Correct? No. Wrong. The basic assumption that you can isolate “one” event to the day (or month)’s market performance is a media myth – necessary to […]