Many people want to be an investor. Forget being a “good” investor or a “bad” investor. You would be shocked to know how little they want to read, or how much they want to work. Many of them would walk up to me and say “tell me how to buy a share and hold it […]

In Los Angeles – and must be true in most cities of the world – the taxi service is either dying or dead. Uber rolled out in 2012 – and the taxi business is down by 75% since then (these are 2019 figures) and it looks like it is going south. Remember that in India […]

here Larissa was kind enough to publish my views on Retirement…I do think Retirement is too precious for people to do it on their own. I love Larissa’s maturity in not trying to give advice herself. I am at best a blogger and trainer. I do not pretend that Larissa or I am capable of […]

Long term relationships are difficult to sustain. It takes a lot of effort. You need to keep in touch – whether it is friendship, marriage, etc. Oops sorry, here we are talking about fund management. It is always nice to be holding funds for real long times. I have held Franklin India Bluechip, Hdfc Top […]

When I see young men (and women) start a business on their own – I ask them for details about their team. Not many of them mention an IFA – even if they are investing in mutual funds. I know why. The IFA is more a form filler than a real, holistic, full view holding […]

There are many things in which you invest. When a mother invests in her child’s food and upbringing she invests hoping that the investments are good for say a 100 years! She invests in good habits, good food, good education – does she look for a day to day return? No. She is not a […]

What concepts that I know and people do not know. Ok I mean which concepts that I know and shocks me to know that many people do not know. Not only not know, but even refuse to listen, learn and implement… Compounding – they will keep arguing that compounding does not work in equity, does […]