When you talk a lot, you end up talking a lot to a lot of people. The range includes some self made businessmen (i have super duper respect for them), venture capitalists (its a bloody jungle out there), private equity players, fund houses…and of course complete strangers. When I talk about Portfolio Construction..i mostly come […]
What is Portfolio Construction? It is a process which brings sense and discipline in your portfolio. Along with the behaviour of the assets has to be seen the investor’s needs, likes, and prejudices while the portfolio is being constructed. The investment consulting process formalizes investing. Similarly to how an architect develops a blueprint for a […]
While on Social Media a couple of days ago I saw a news item about Urmila Matondkar’s wedding. Normally this would not have caught my attention as a news item, but I saw this one – and decided to read the comments. They were so harsh!! Imagine a girl/lady says ‘I am getting married / […]
Mera bharat Mahan..we will look at problems in isolation and keep wondering what is the solution. Look at the Haryana population. They will kill every girl child in the womb itself or as soon as the girl child is born. And this they have been doing it for a very long time and of course […]
Every Hindi movie buff has heard the dialog ” tum koi karodpati ho kya” – like the word ‘millionaire’ in the US. Lets face it once you have a house in a city like Mumbai, and your loan paid off, the chances are that you are a ‘Crorepati’ as we call it. I guess that […]
real estate is the best investment. There is no risk at all in Real estate. You are guaranteed to get 25% p.a. for the next 200 years. However when you invest in a flat you get the best deals when you buy in a under construction property you may not get what you wanted. Is […]
I frequent 2 banks and a couple of fund houses. When I was sitting with a young chit of a girl in one of the banks an elderly lady walked in. She had shares which she had presumably inherited from her late husband. She had a simple question to ask ‘which shares should I keep […]