How many of you know what is the Wimbledon effect? It is a tennis tournament played in England. The crowds come from all parts of the world, but is largely English. The ball boys, girls, commentators etc. are mostly English (well well these days things are changing!), but one thing is certain, the winner […]
This is a result of being in the 4th decade of my investing life. Not all the lessons were personally learnt – some where learnt from the reading, teaching, talking, dreaming, writing, commenting about investing. So if you see some points from other authors, writers, commentators do not feel outraged. We both may have […]
Sorry, but recently the complete NON understanding of statistics by the media has happened too many times… When Mary Kom was playing her opponent the commentators kept saying ‘Mary Kom has not lost to the same opponent twice’. On Sunday, 26th August, 2012, when India played Australia in the Under 19 World cup, the commentators […]
On the one hand I keep cribbing about the high cost of financial services, on the other hand I meet kids, young people and people over 45 who are constantly being sacked. The sackings have not been done nicely too. It is much easier for the top management to sack ‘200 Feet on the Street’ […]
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, aka tiger the immaculately dressed Englishman in Indian skin breathed his last. He listened to another Englishman who said – the age to die is ‘3 score and 10’. Well Tiger lived to the age of 70. Like in life, so in death, he was perfect. I saw him on a […]
The South Africans are chokers or do they panic? Well all the commentators call them chokers, do they not? Well Malcolm Gladwell (Tipping Point fame) has come out with the difference between panicking and choking very well. He has used a game of tennis as an example. Akash Chopra (Cricketer) has adapted the concept to […]
this is a part of the inflation story in Moneymantra…. Well there are two things to understand – inflation hurts only in the long run. If you have an expenditure coming up in the next 2 years inflation should not be a bother. However if you are looking at the longer run – say upwards […]