There are various sources of getting good quality advice- both paid and unpaid. When you pay for the advice you are more or less sure that the advice is MADE FOR YOU and is not generic like ‘equity is for long term’ or ‘take term insurance’ kinda stuff. One more possibility is finding advice in […]

If really 30% of marriages end in a divorce, I see not enough preparedness from women for that at all. Lets get the facts right. Women have the following disadvantages: Unless they are absolutely brilliant they are not allowed to keep studying and experimenting till age 25 So women take up a career quickly while […]

Caveat: I hold Jain irrigation dvr, Tata Motors Dvr, and of course Coromandel International… Equity markets keep giving you many trading and arbitrage opportunities. We got a lot of arbit opportunities when 2 companies were taken over by Coromandel International – when it took over 2 companies. One was a chemical company and one was […]

John Tempelton believed that you needed to diversify. He was a Jap bull and had a lot of investments in Asia. Warren Buffett has most of his investments in USA – but his favorites like Coke have a lot of operations in Asia and Africa. Some Gurus believe in value investing, some in deep value […]

Let us say you have reached a stage in life that you can afford to retire. I mean physically and financially. Should you retire? I do not have an answer..but an investor with nothing to do is a dangerous animal. He is likely to be tempted to trade. Or sell of some share ‘hoping’ to […]

REMEMBER INFLATION IS NEGATIVE COMPOUNDING!!  The power of compounding – inflation is negative compounding! Over a long period of time all things get expensive. Remember the first time your mom sent you alone to buy bread? What was the price of bread? Re.1? Rs. 4? – well today it is Rs. 30. That is inflation. […]

This is purely fictional. Caveat: Any inaccuracies please excuse theknow  author …. Client: Mr. X I wish to buy Bournvita Shop keeper: Sir you could try Chocolate Horlicks too – it tastes and costs similar… Client: No. Gimme Bournvita Shop keeper: Sir I am sure you know how to use it…!! Client: I can read […]