If you walk on the road and travel by public transport you meet really different types of people. I met one man who is a moneylender who charges 10% per DAY INTEREST. Ridiculous, right? Well, not so fast. He is an employee of a brilliantly run UNREGISTERED money lending company with insignificant NPA. He lends […]
At the outset let me make it clear. I am as much a part of the media as much as Cnbc or ET Now. I have appeared in many channels. I write for the print media and for the electronic media. Mostly for free, some times I am paid. Normally if I am paid I […]
If you are young and investing for a goal a couple of decades away, you should be praying for a CRASH, not for a bull market. Do I need to show you your returns if you had invested in 2007 vs post crash in 2008. However, it is not easy to invest when the market […]
Some of my learning from investing: If your family is not risk oriented / risk understanding it is difficult for you to invest / trade in equities. Investing maybe a part time activity, but equity trading is a full time activity. If you cannot make equity trading your full time activity, DO NOT make it […]
A business shows many signs of failure. The first of course is poor client relationships. Clients leave, the business still talks bravely. Slowly as the clients leave the cash flow dries. Market murmurs imminent death, but the management is still brave in its talk. Some of the key people leave. There is a cash crunch. […]
When people get fancy degrees in investing, they get trapped in jargon. Luckily for me I got into investing before I had any degree. Let us look at some of the jargon. Value Investing vs Growth Investing: All investing is value investing. You put Rs. 100 today hoping to earn more than Rs. 100 over […]
A hotelier who puts a board saying “The owner eats here” is supposed to be a good hotelier. He eats his own cooking. However should an IFA (Independent Financial Adviser) or a bank RM, or a Life Insurance agent have his own Adviser? Or should he do his own financial planning? I do not know […]