You may have been told by the electronic media how SIP (rupee cost averaging or dollar cost averaging) has failed its investors in the past 3 years. If you have seen such programs / read such articles, you may have panicked, right? Well do not panic. Here is a list of reasons why a SIP [...]
Are we in a bear market or in a bull market? Frankly nobody has been able to answer this question when the market is on! 3 months or 6 months later everybody will tell you that “May 2008 to Oct. 2008” we were in a bear market, however now we are in a bull market. [...]
Welcome the Bear Markets! Although we saw a furious short-term rally last fortnight, we have entered into official bear markets territory as of early this month. (In the US bear markets are defined as a drop of 20% or more from a previous high.) This is a good thing. Smart and Legendary investors understand this. [...]
About 20 days back 2 senior politicians told me the trust vote would go through comfortably. One was from Congress and the other from BJP. One senior journalist also told me that the trust vote would go through. However, none of them were correct about the margin of votes. That is the problem about predictions [...]
What events trigger a market to rise and what triggers a fall? Conventional wisdom tells us “good events” should trigger a rise and “bad” events should trigger a fall. Correct? No. Wrong. The basic assumption that you can isolate “one” event to the day (or month)’s market performance is a media myth – necessary to [...]
In my class I am normally asked “Is the equity market like a yo-yo?”, the other question is “Is the equity market like a roller coaster?” My answer to both the questions …is NO. NO in capitals. Both the yo-yo and the roller coaster have a predictable movement. You know the yo-yo will go down [...]