I do equity advising for a few people – frankly just 5 people other than immediate family. And being able to do it for a fee is far far more difficult than what people think. I wonder how so many big companies do PMS for piddly amounts. To me it is not worth the time, […]

I get lots of requests from people for equity / mutual fund / investment related answers. Here is a post saying why it is very very very difficult to handle them. The typical queries are: 1. I have invested in IDFC Premier Equity fund. Should I book profits now? 2. I have a demat account […]

One of the fun things in life is to BREAK THE RULES. Please read this very carefully, I have said Break the Rules, not Break the Law. So first go and make some sold Investment Rules and make money by adhering to them. Then when you understand how the rules were made, and how was […]

Markets are up and your portfolio is doing well (presumably) and you are euphoric. You just started a new SIP and also put a lump sum into one of the funds in which you are doing a SIP. Or you just ended up buying some more shares of a company whose shares you already have. […]

When you want to invest money, or even when you do not want to invest money it is your banker who knows about it. Right? In most cases yes. So you go to a bank and are wondering what to do…and there appears a Relationship manager. He comes and tells you the following: It is […]

I must have met and spoken to about 3000 people about investing. These people I met in a ‘why you must invest, and that too in a SIP mode’ kind of an atmosphere. OBVIOUSLY does not include the 80-90,000 odd people whom I have trained / taught about investing. Also does not include about 1000 […]