Here is my view on some companies. No, this is not an invitation to invest. I do not gain or lose by what YOU do in your portfolio. I may be holding all these shares, or may have sold these shares. I may benefit by price movement – either way. So do your own research […]

I met a professor and his nephew travelling to the airport on a Saturday afternoon. This was at a place 35 km from Mumbai airport, and they were leaving. The prof had a brilliant idea – why pay full fare, when you can use an Ola share. The nephew was happy to pay less and […]

Not all human beings want to retire early. There are many who have say Rs. 20 crores, can retire at 57, but want to work till 70. Or till they drop dead. Nothing wrong. In fact I see them looking at big projects at the age of 57 – KNOWING that they do not have […]

Sounds a little odd, but Mahindra Holiday Resorts has a great reputation…or rather a background, but has done NOTHING for the shareholder (investor) but it has been a good opportunity for the trader. I have made money as a trader, but nothing as an investor. So should you buy the share and hold on for […]

Lets say I own shares of Colgate from 1977. Suddenly I see that the earnings for this quarter has fallen by Re. 1. What should I do? Sell the share? Should I be worried about the eps going from Rs. 7 to Rs. 6 a quarter? Is it really such a big deal? Should I […]

What drives individual investors – what brings them to investing, what scares them away, what keeps them,…? I really do not know, and even though I have read a lot of theory on this, let me tell you what I have seen among my friends/clients. Some of my friends took to equity very early on […]

Most investors do not succeed in investing because of FEAR. Fear of course is imaginary, but it is REAL for the person experiencing it. So when an investor tells me he/she is scared of investing, I do not laugh at it, I acknowledge that it is plaguing him. If it did not plague him/her would […]