http://retireby40.org/25x-expenses-isnt-enough-for-early-retirement/?curator=alphaideas&utm_source=alphaideas One question that I have never been able to answer clearly is “How much money do I need to really retire?”. There are some advisers who say the following: you will get about 18% return on your equities, so you do not need much to retire you will need about 2 crs. to retire […]

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Having spent a real long time in the equity markets here are a few obvious things. However, some of it was not so obvious to me when I started out, and even now there are many people who do not think it is so obvious: It is ONLY the equity market that will protect small […]

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What makes an investor happy, unhappy or plain miserable…I have often wondered about this..and here are some common characteristics…of miserable investors: They Pay too much attention to detail: They are new in the field, they join a few groups, read all magazines, news papers and can throw a lot of jargon. It does not matter […]

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What is value investing? Is there value in the market today?   http://m.moneycontrol.com/news/features/crack-the-code-aims-to-educate-investors_7355541.html  

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There seems to be a list of lists as far as investment mistakes or sins are concerned…this is my list… Not having a Goal while choosing products: Well qualified people come and just ask ‘I am investing in xyz fund is it a good fund’?..There maybe NOTHING to say whether it is a good fund […]

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As a nation our attitude towards success is a little funny. Let me explain. Try standing in a group and say something nice about any successful person – Sunil Gavaskar, Lata Mangeshkar, Dhirubhai/Mukesh Ambani, Ratan Tata, Aamir Khan, Sindhu, Gopichand, Narayan Murthy, Deepak Parekh, Kumarmangalam Birla,  Sachin Tendulkar – the person, age, gender,  does not […]

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