The 1992 Harshad Scam was called the ‘stock market scam’ – that’s a huge mistake. It was a banking fraud. It was the bank’s money that got misused. It got used in the stock market. This was allowed to happen because the Banking regulator did not (does not) allow a secondary market in debt instruments […]
The Corona Virus has of course created a lot of scare in the world – and we still have no clue about how to handle the situation. When fuel prices in the world dropped Indian authorities immediately raised taxes – so we have not felt the impact of lower prices. Sadly I am yet to […]
I am not putting dates, but let us understand how a bear market starts…and how it ends (hopefully!). Every bull market is followed by a bear market, and every bear market by a bull market. However everytime there is a bull market, we are willing to believe that “this time it’s different” – and then […]
The title is not accurate – typically I should have said “Saturday – All In a Day’s Work” as Busybee aka Beheram Contractor would have said. This crash is different from earlier crashes – I have got far more calls asking “what to buy” far more than “should I sell everything and run”. Not sure […]
Yes you read it right. Corona and the power of compounding is the title. If you are decently Math oriented, worried about Indians behaving badly when they are asked to behave in a particular way.., etc. they will not listen…and you are worried about #Corona spreading… https://medium.com/@Jason_Scott_Warner/the-sober-math-everyone-must-understand-about-the-pandemic-2b0145881993 https://medium.com/@Jason_Scott_Warner/the-sober-math-everyone-must-understand-about-the-pandemic-2b0145881993
One thing about market falls (crash as the media loves to call it) is that it happens when people least expect it. Funny, even in case of somebody’s death the immediate reaction is one of disbelief – whether the person is 40 or 90 years of age. Let us see what was said about the […]
Let me start with the usual caveat. I have no clue how long will the bear market last. However I am doing this article for you to learn from history. Let me warn you once more – the greatest learning from History is that we don’t learn from history. So with these 2 caveats, lets […]