When Interest rates go down, bond prices go up. Almost all MBA students will tell you this. However many of them will be parrotting this without understanding what this means. Let us see what actually happens. When Interest rates go up, ASSET prices go down. This is the originally correct statement. Why and how does […]
I had done this piece for rediff in 2006. It is relevant today also 🙂 read on… The most important animal in the markets is the pig. It gets slaughtered whether the bulls have a party or the bears have a party. That pig is your lay investor. I am not a doomsday specialist or […]
What a true statement! Just remove real estate and replace it with “oil”, “gold” or “shares of Hdfc” – it does not matter. Asset prices fluctuate and is determined by demand and supply. Only thing is that this is a true statement – however the following conditions have to exist. 1. Uniformity of the asset […]
Sir John Templeton said that the four most dangerous words in investments are “It is different this time”. I am sure we have heard this a million times! “India is growing at 9%”, “There is no alternative for international funds” FIIs are looking for growth. At this growth rate, India is cheap! Correct please remember […]