Immaterial of whether you are in your 20′s or in your 50′s and you are looking at an investment you should know some of the basics of investing, so here it is. By and large at some stage you must have been approached by some investment adviser. He (increasingly she) must have offered you mutual […]
When markets are doing well, people put in MORE money, and INCREASE their expectation of what the market will do for them. In one day if the market goes up say 4% more people will call and ask…’I have ..X.should I invest that too’ . This is such a sitting duck question that the IFA […]
Posted by a regular reader Kavim Bhatnagar….. BEWARE of Cancellations Against MakeMyTrip (MMT) Bought Tickets I recently tried cancelling a Ticket that I had bought through MMT. The Domestic Ticket was Priced at Rs. 6950/- and while processing cancellation online, MMT showed Airlines Cancellation Fee Rs. 6200.oo and MMT Penalty Rs. 300.oo Thus Total Refund […]
I buy shares and have held a big portion of my portfolio for more than 30 years now. Does it make me a trader, speculator or investor? Well in my younger age I would have gone to a Benjamin Graham’s book and looked for the definition of a trader vs. speculator. Today at this stage […]
A couple of days ago somebody had posted “if you know that the market is going to go down..what is the harm in selling some shares and then buying it back”. Good question, and almost a rhetoric in terms of rewording: “if you know that the market is going to go down…YOU MUST SELL SOME […]
Views of Mr. Avnish Jain, Head – Fixed Income, Canara Robeco “The status quo in rates in the RBI policy has come as an unpleasant surprise since most market participants were expecting at least a 25 bps rate cut, some even a 50 bps rate cut. RBI has held rates steady despite the fears that […]
Let us look at this imaginary conversation between my client and my amazing ability to predict markets. C: Hi Subra, Mr. SK of CL Bank recommended you very highly saying you have good stock market skills, so would you be able to manage my portfolio? S: Actually I have good research skill – or so […]