about 10 days back did a program on Utvi on behavioural finance…here is the transcript. http://www.utvi.com/personalfinance/financial-investment-india/15714/investing-sans-emotion.html# – is where the original is, for the others, here it is being reproduced! Investing sans emotion UTVi News Desk Published on Dec 18, 2008 MUMBAI: Leaving emotions out of your financial decisions is tough. After all, it’s about […]
In falling markets the reason people are not able to sell is because of a disease known as “Anchoring”. It is necessary to note that the price as of today is a reality. If you get stuck to some old price which is in your head, you will end up not selling fast enough. Think […]
Continuing with my Saturday’s blog…Reliance did list at a discount to the “perception price” of Rs. 450 + a premium of Rs. 150-160. It tanked to 390 and then zoomed past 430! So the poor investor who is stuck with the share procured at 430 does not know what to do? I have had people […]
Many of my clients have a problem which they think is unique. This problem is called “Anchoring”. It means you have heard (or seen) about transactions which have happened at a particular price, then they expect that price for their real estate. Let me explain. I have an office space in Mumbai bought for Rs. […]