Concentrated portfolio or Diversified portfolio?

Copying is very difficult especially if you want to be the first! How can you copy from the second best and be first? So that makes copying difficult. However you could take parts of many and look original…then you need not defend your copying! Warren Buffet made most of his money by staying and investing [...]

Hey Doctor, Get Rich …part 3

The greatest wealth in the world has not been created by inheritance – but by investing! It is only this generation that can make this comment. We are lucky to be living in times when we can make this statement. Let us take examples of Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, L N Mittal, Azim Premji, Ambani, [...]

Retirement myths or Investment myths?

there will always be a set of believers and a set of non believers. So there will always be some myths. As a blogger it is nice to keep clearing them…because too many people are creating myths very fast. Let me attack 3 myths today (I was told by somebody that people get confused if [...]

What is XBRL?

XBRL stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language. It has become and is fast becoming THE reporting language internationally. It makes sense to all those people who use accounting information. Extensible means the application can be extended adding machine and human readable tags. Applications: a) for financial statements b) for taxes c) accounting and business reporting [...]

Scriptures and Investing

I had to speak at a Church (Parish) in Mumbai on Investing. In a religious gathering it was necessary to keep in mind what the scriptures said about investing. So the topic I chose was ‘Scriptures and investing’. The Christian community is quite conspicuous in its absence in the financial services field – especially in [...]

Financial Planner: Do you need one?

Or Why you do not need an investment consultant ! If you need bypass surgery, you should find the most qualified surgeon available. If you’re getting sued, you should hire the best defense lawyer in town.These 2 are fairly obvious and I do not think you can do your own root canal surgery, brain surgery [...]