“Let us get the basics right, Subra, if you want to be safe, you should invest in gilt. Equities, equity mutual funds, etc. are for the rich people who read your blog NOT FOR middle class people like me. I am a bank manager and I have all my money in bank fixed deposits. […]
I have been hearing from friends about good real estate deals in US and UK. Not that real estate there is a good deal or a bad deal, but when you compare it to Indian prices, it surely looks attractive. It may also be some kind of a protection for people investing only in India. […]
Just wondering what advise would the American investors be getting from their advisers? Well they must be saying: – US has been downgraded, but our government is still able to borrow at rates at their lowest rates in the past 60 years. – US is growing at a rate better than all the others in […]
People keep asking me ‘Have the markets bottomed out?’ To me the answer is NO. I am not saying that you should wait for the bottom – I have my shopping list and have already bought some shares, but no we may not be at the bottom. Friday was a shopping day..and I did buy.. […]
Many people tell me they want to build a risk free portfolio. I tell them I hope you understand what is risk. They say yes. Here, these are the words that they need to know: Currency risk, inflation risk, systematic risk, principal risk, country risk, economic risk, mortgage risk, liquidity risk, volatility as risk, risk […]
Research is always interesting – especially if you are getting paid for it! As a company we do research of a few hedge funds. The discipline that they show while picking stocks is quite amazing. There are various screens which they use – from market capitalization, no. of transactions in a day, value of trading […]
What is an IDR? IDR is Indian Depository Receipts issued by a domestic depository in India and denominated in Rupees. It represents an ownership interest in a fixed number of underlying equity shares of the Issuing company. These shares are called Deposited Shares. Why should a company issue an IDR? A foreign company which cannot […]