Archive for the 'Investment Myths' Category

One word that can make you RICH….

I am sure you are all dying to hear what is this word…..well the word is NO. Nahi chahiye. Nyet. Nein. Vendam. Nako. Nathi Jothu. Do not want….. the single word is NO. When I was reading an article recently I saw an article with similar headlines…it was an article in Newsweek and it said [...]

Investment Myths: Market timing..

“This is a good time to enter the market” What bull shit. Complete bull. Nobody, repeat nobody knows whether it is a good time to enter the market or not to enter the market. So what do we do? We watch TV or ask our broker. If the TV anchor says wait for 5 months, [...]

Equity returns depend on timing!

I had a long, funny and sometimes heated discussion with an equity analyst. Not that he is a great analyst – nor is he a bad one. However like most fund managers he believes ‘equity returns are a function of timing’. He says…’see if you had invested Rs. 100 in the index in 1980, it [...]

If I have Rs. 10 crores, I will feel rich…

this is reposted because i have written a sequel to this…and that will appear in a couple of days… When a young enthusiastic kid (she reads the blog and finds it embarrassing if her name is used!)  came up to me and said ‘Sir, if I have Rs. 10 crores in my life, I will [...]

Housing interest tax deductions!

I know this may sound sacrilegious, but the housing loan (mortgage) interest deduction is the most over-rated tax strategy in existence. I constantly hear happy “homeowners“ boasting about how much money they “saved“ with their mortgage interest deduction. Asking your boss to reduce your salary would perhaps have the same effect. If you are in [...]

10 More lies that we told you…

at various levels the common man has been told lies. The common man being the common man, he believes the newspapers, the television channels, the experts who come on television, the advisers, the media experts…..and everybody and everyone. Let us see some more of the lies that he/ she believe: 1. India is a socialistic [...]