I did a TGIF speech about investments – I met a person who told me that he clearly felt my blog was not addressing the new investor. Withing 5 minutes of him saying that one girl told me “i could not understand anything in your blog”. I hope this post removes that flaw in the […]
Today most of us have made much more money than we thought we would make! Surely some of my classmates (ok just a couple of them) with a net worth of Rs. 200 crores plus are kidding themselves if they thought they will make so much money. Frankly when we started life after getting our […]
Investing is a lot about luck – any investor will tell you that. I have said this in an earlier post also. For example I sold hdfc, l&t, and tata power (skill, I thought they were overpriced in a slowing down market) – they are still way below my sale price. Then I used some […]
Ego and pride are not really useful elements while investing. Many investors I know have made money because of luck. And many others have made money because about say 30 years back (or say 50 years back) it was not very fashionable to “trade” equity. So when an electrode supplier liked the way L&T or […]
Doctors can create wealth. A lot of wealth. However, it may or may not happen from their earnings alone. It can happen only with good wealth management techniques. Ha, the word wealth may mean different things to different people. When we talk of wealth we mean an amount of money which will let doctors do […]
Many of today’s equity sales people (never mind if they are hawking mutual funds, direct equity, pms, or life insurance) may not really have a perspective on the long-term positive attributes of equity investing. Certainly, equity markets do not always deliver positive returns in a steady upward fashion. Nor are they obliged to do so. […]
The share markets around the world have been home to more than its fair share of scandals. There have been scandals from accounting, fraud, rigging, insider trading, audit committees not doing their work, research reports for different audiences, back dating of esops, and initial public offerings. Maybe you’ve just lost a fortune in the market. […]