As usual, I do not have an answer. However I can lead you to the definition of “Irrational Exuberance”…I hope at least some of you know its association with Alan Greenspan! Well this is what it means: When all people believe that: •    The reward will outweigh the risk •    This time it will be […]

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i am not sure whether this is a one off experience or true across many locations… In chennai when a friend tried to sell gold worth Rs. 3L – she was told she could exchange gold ornaments for gold, but no cash. She had the same experience in a few other reasonably sized shops. I […]

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  If we are all so sure that there will be volatility in the world, we should all be buying gold, correct? Yes of course… So just go and buy it…why the delay? Well you may not have money to buy gold. Now a simple solution exists, leverage. After all we leverage to buy real […]

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Well frankly I do not know whether it is a good time to invest in gold or a great time to get out of gold. But let us look at the obvious reasons to buy or sell. Obvious reasons to buy: 1. The world is busy printing money so value of currencies will fall but […]

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Yesterday I had many reasons why you should buy and keep gold. Today I will start by giving some more reasons why you should have gold in your portfolio. There are equally compelling reasons for NOT having gold in your portfolio! Further reasons for HAVING GOLD IN YOUR PORTFOLIO: 1. Gold is gaining popularity: funnily, […]

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