Been there. Done that. Not too many people understand the importance of staying calm. The year was 1992. Markets were going up in a tizzy. This client had bought 20,000 shares of Mazda Leasing (aka Mazda Industries) for Rs. 11. He had no clue why he had bought it. In fact I had bought it […]

One of the best investment Journalists Jason’s Original ‘principles of investing’ is the base of this blog article. If it sounds awesome (as it should) it is because Jason Zewig is a great writer. If it does not, i must have caused the damage. Anyway it is a MUST READ. Successful investing is about controlling […]

I agree with Vivek Kaul – the Indian wedding got bigger and bigger. About 35 years ago when you had a wedding – one hall was booked. People stayed with their relatives or just slept on the floor in one big hall. Mostly one big sheet was provided and a few pillows. Technically you were […]

This is adapted from what Jason Zewig said in his website…i am not saying that this blog is even a speck of dust compared to what Jason does, but the expectations can always be built, right? When it comes to investing, there’s a world of difference between good advice and advice that sounds good. The […]

I have been asked many times – ‘why do I write a blog’. The most honest answer is ‘I do not know’. However I know one thing – I have to say the same thing again and again without ALL my readers finding out about the repeating that I do. Some readers will surely find […]

This article is for those who are now in their 20s. The gen earlier to ours – I mean our parent generation has comfortably live to its 90s. I attended 3 funerals of people more than 100 years of age in 2015. I do now know a few people in their late 90s – who […]

Thanks to the computing power and creation of calculators, and risk questionnaires many people think that they can UNDERSTAND risk better. Sadly understand power has not really increased as well as the increase in Computational Power. So most of us can fill in questionnaires, do complex calculators and think we are MANAGING RISK. Actually there […]