other than the Author page and a couple of other regular pages..these are the top 5 posts which have been read MORE than 10000 times either by the same people or by new people…not sure about the calculation..hence the caveat… This article written in 2012 still gets many hits…and I think it is in line […]

I actually do not know, and I do not watch enough of the ticker channels to know what they are saying, but may I guess please? at these levels it is a great buying opportunity the Indian investor is coming in with SIP money so expect another 6 billion US $ from them this year […]

The one single advantage of running a blog is that people ask some really intelligent questions too!! One such question was “Can I invest my RETIREMENT money, the way Warren Buffet suggests?” I realised that this question comes from the 2013 letter wherein WB says “he says his will stipulates that cash be delivered to […]

Assume that you have a choice of investing in a very wide range of assets – Developed market blue chips, developed market international mid cap, US value stocks, Europe Growth stocks, Asean Bluechips, Indian Bluechips, Indian midcap, India value fund, ….and you have invested in them. Chances are when you are looking at this portfolio […]

At the end of every year people (especially writers of personal finance) create one chart showing the returns of various asset classes. If you are international then you make a chart consisting if Developed market equities, developed market mid cap, small cap, REITS, Bonds, etc. then Emerging market blue chips, Mid caps, Bonds, ..etc. If […]

The more you see the investing and business patterns of the big players, rather the more successful ones, you see one big word: Consistency. Look at Hdfc. Dull boring business. IN the 1980s they could have been easily lured into the cement business, right? The great financial media would have lauded it as a ‘great […]

You may find it ridiculous that I am saying this, but I have some awesome news for you. Normally in an environment where the media pushes you for trading – have you noticed them saying “have a good trading day”(sic) you think all investors think of the short term. It is not so. I do […]