Invest in equities? The index is already up 23% on a calendar basis…why should I invest in equities NOW? Right? that is the first question that popped in your mind right now, did it not? Well let us look at the reasons why you should be buying: 1. I have always said this : YOU [...]
Many articles in the media sound like PR handouts of the BFSI space, and it makes for amusing reading. Let us take articles saying ‘an income fund or a liquid fund is better than a bank deposit because it is tax efficient….etc. I do agree with that logic, and I do think that income funds [...]
For those (like me) who are always bullish on equities, it is nice to read the equities history. The Russian Stock exchange got wiped out. In Austria from 1900 to 2012 – you would have been ripped apart with 97 years of losses In the US the returns from bonds has been BETTER THAN equities [...]
Caveat: I do not know the answer. Caveat: I do not think I need to know the answer, I am happy with a 2% real return, for many of you that would be not a happy situation, perhaps. My requirements have gone down because of the past performance. Caveat: Nobody has an answer, and far [...]
How I wish I had the data – core, raw, authenticated, available for free – on Indian investors that my blogging friends in US have about American investors. I am sure it will NOT happen and we will have to live with our own pathetic data and assumptions. If the regulator (sitting with about Rs. [...]
Only thing about markets is NOBODY knows what will happen in the future. Some of us sound like a genius by saying the same thing again and again. Some other brave fools go to the roof top and say ‘Market will go up 22% this year’ and the market makes them look like fools. However, [...]