Some lessons of investments, which need to be reiterated, lest we forget. These were learnt in the BULL markets for the next BULL as well as BEAR markets: 1. Stunning, shocking things which have never happened before will happen. With some great regularity. 2. No individual, organisation, state or country wants to look at long […]
Well being cynical is one sure way to make people think, right? Not sure but I keep trying it all the time. ‘Sir your income will increase by 12% every year so you can increase your SIP contribution …..’ ‘Like Subra says ‘If you give up the Barista coffee which you have everyday and instead […]
Last week I bought some auto, and telecom stock. In case of Infra I am seriously looking but cannot decide what to buy. Have met a few promoters and know a couple of big companies too well – so touching becomes MORE difficult. The toughest part of investing seems to be to change gears. Last […]
So sad we do not have a Dalbar (an US based research firm that compares returns of stock and bond markets with those of individual investors) research on Indian investor returns! Just released in the US it has 2 startling facts: Over the last 20 year period the Standard& Poor Index returned an annualized gain […]
Our brain has not evolved as much as we think it has….so it makes us commit mistakes: Let us see what helped us during our hunting days: 1. Seek maximum information: if we see an animal in the distance, we HAD to know whether it was a harmless (but useful to kill) deer or a […]