The ant and the grasshopper story plays itself over many times. So hear it once more. A married woman with a very well to do husband comes to me to talk to me about her brother who is the grasshopper. He has a daughter who is married off and is abroad. He has no other […]
Tips for ‘new’ investors – is what I thought should be the title of this post..changed it to..observations..so that new investors can read and learn…so let me enumerate: Do too much of trading and tell their wives that they are investing: Giving investing a bad name by not understanding the difference between Trading and Investing […]
I once went for a walk with my 5 year old niece. She asked for a balloon, I walked on ignoring her requests. She pleaded, cried,..but I went on. She stopped asking for the balloon and started talking about icecream. She knew I would buy her an ice-cream. I was intrigued so I asked her […]
‘Sir I actually wish to save more, but am not able too – my current expenses are too high’ – a common refrain especially from those people earning EVEN Rs. 18L CTC. That set me wondering…so here is an article… We spend most of our money using electronic gadgets – online, credit cards, debit cards, […]
Should the Fund manager of a pure equity fund be allowed to buy Put options in the market? Should an Equity Fund manager be holding cash in a rising market? What if the PE of the market is too high, but the weighted average PE of the scheme is about 20% lower than the indices? […]