Peter Lynch managed money for a very short term, but did such a great job that he became very famous. He is also a very good writer – which means he has books which have sold more than a million copies. Awesome indeed. Some of the things that he said are really worth remembering, but […]
The people with old portfolios – some of them in their ’80s is coming from a completely unexpected source (that is what risk is supposed to be, is it not?). My parents lost Cadbury, Kodak, Hoganas, ITW Signode, …significant shares in their portfolio to a ‘buy-back’ in the 1980s…or 1990s, not sure. Buy-back is a […]
This is an old idea – many people have said it. Particularly Peter Lynch has said this many times – buy things you are familiar with, what you cannot describe in a picture is not worth buying, etc. There is of course a lot of justification to own shares like Gillette, Colgate, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, […]
A friend says it would be great if you could choose where to be born and as what. If you were born in 1900 you should have been born in England. If you were to be born in 1950 you should have been born in US. If you were born in 2000 you would be […]
After saying so many things about my blunders, let me tell you the companies where I made some money too! Lest you think of me as a bumbling idiot…and let us see if there is a pattern. The companies which earned my family nice money are Coromandel fertilizers, Hindalco, EID Parry, Tata Motors, Cummins, […]