What are the important things in the RBI announcement? They increased the repo and reverse repo rate by 25 basis points. What does it do for you the common investor. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Do not expect the market to react, I think the reaction is over. What else did he say? RBI is wanting to […]
Yesterday I posted about the equity investor knowing basic accounting. Add basic math and stats to it too. He needs to be able to compute ratios, see trends, see how the stated strategy is being reflected in the accounts…Today I am going to write about some more things a good equity investor should know. Understand […]
When it comes to equity investing, for most of us, the starting point is either an analyst call, a news item or a journalist covering some unheard of company. I was told about Equitas by the promoter of another Nbfc. I was told about SREI about an analyst. I was told about Kwality raising money […]
When the market is at an all time high, you need to concentrate MORE on risk than ever before. No, I am not a person who says that you should withdraw when the market is high. I am just saying look at your asset allocation, and your risk taking ability. The value of the large […]
Investors think that the IFA control the Asset Management companies. The Amc think that the IFA controls the investor. Far from the truth. A few investors listen to the IFA, and almost none of the Amc listen to the IFA. Unless of course he has say Rs. 800 crores industry AUM. That means a handful […]
A good question to grapple with. If you retire, will you become lazy? Will you sit at home in a lungi (shorts, payjama, veshti….) watch TV, surf online, sleep till 9am…or whatever? I do not know. I have always been lazy perhaps. I have always hated watching TV. I like the fact that I do […]