There are many reasons to buy Gold and hold it. Of course tomorrow I can give you many reasons NOT to own gold also. One reason NOT to own gold is the recent phenomenon in its price. For example if you had invested in gold in 1980 (US $ 590) today it would be worth […]
Most financial planners and personal portfolio managers are questioning their basic assumption of asset allocation. In the year 2008 asset allocation failed. This of course is their conclusion based on a set of data. Data is accurate but the conclusion seems to be a little flawed. In the years from 2002 to 2007 (when Mr. […]
Many people have been asking me this question. I thought I will wear the hat of an investment advisor in US and look at the world markets and see what to do. So here it is. Not too useful I am sure, but here it is: 1. All Central Banks are printing notes – so […]
This is of course an old article inspired by Mr. Buffet’s thinking – or Mr. Graham’s thinking, language and concept of Mr. Market. It appeared in Moneycontrol long back….however things have not changed much. Mr. Market: Good trader but a terrible investor. When you push that ‘Place Order’ button or get that confirmation in the […]
There are many reasons to buy Gold and hold it. Of course tomorrow I can give you many reasons NOT to own gold also. One reason NOT to own gold is the recent phenomenon in its price. For example if you had invested in gold in 1980 (US $ 590) today it would be worth […]
A new agent joined a private life insurance company. He took about one month to start and then started blazing all records in sales. Like they say “Din Dhugni raat Chougni” sales was happening. He was brilliant, absolutely brilliant. His immediate manager wanted to go with him on a sales call – one does not […]
Why are gold prices going up? There is actually only one answer – the demand for gold is greater than the supply. In fact this can be the only reason why the share price of any product goes up. Let us look at some reasons why gold prices have been going up – and I […]