At some stage in our lives we fantasize how would life be if we had done IAS. I am sure all of us go through that at least once. I too have had those….thank God I did not do IAS. Anybody who has been in Mumbai for the past half a century, and dealt with […]
How should I invest in equities? IPO or secondary market? Direct equities or mutual funds? Mutual funds or PMS? SIP or lumpsum? Why not a ULIP? Frankly these are not questions that are easy to answer. The media does not make things easier. In fact I have not seen such a discussion on TV. No […]
I have a brilliant friend who has worked for many big and important media houses. He told me once – when he was heading a magazine – “I have made up my mind, please do not confuse me with the facts!”. This was when he was doing a story on mutual funds and unit linked […]
Risk is a matter of tremendous interest to me. Recently when I posted about Bharti Airtel – as a good buy at 290 somebody said ‘there are many multibaggers available’ . Sure – my multi-baggers search happens in the top 100 shares, and that is difficult. If I wanted to take MORE RISK why would […]
When you make some high sounding statement, have you been asked: ‘Do you think you are Tata or Birla?’ right? or ‘Do you think you are Ambani?’ If you are born / brought up in India, chances are you would have heard that, right? Well, I am not sure I want to be investing like […]
Here are some brilliant Investment Mantras. They are perfectly correct, and COMPLETELY USELESS for you. Why useless, because there is absolutely NO WAY how you will be able to implement even one of them if you are a lay investor. I got it from a very hallowed place, and dare not tell you the source. […]