Assuming a diary is a place where you will write down your darkest, best, …..an investment diary is a must. These 5 things MUST, MUST, MUST go into a diary if you really want to improve as a stock picker: a) log all ideas – history tells you which were good and which bad. A […]
The equity market is like a lion. When you see it take a couple of steps back, it is not to run away, but to spring with great vigor. Ok this may not sound too great, but you may not have heard it anywhere else too! You have been hearing Bill Gross saying ‘Equity […]
Here is a fictitious conversation between an asset-manager and an asset manager’s regulator. Asset Management Association: Good Morning, Mrs. Regulator. R: Good Morning, please take a seat. AMA: Sir, our business is not profitable at all, we need some help. Regulator: Oh yes, the Sarkar was also telling me that we need to help you. […]
On Monday 2nd July there will be a meeting at the North Block, Finance Ministry 10 Ceos of Asset Management Companies, their club Amfi’s top brass, Sebi chief, will meet the powers that be in the finance ministry to decide whether the INVESTOR should pay fees to the Independent Financial Advisor (a.k.a BANKS). Funnily the […]
“Invest like Mukesh Ambani” or “Invest like Warren Buffet” or “Vallabh Bhansali”…are all very sexy and very very media like advice. And typically stupid, wrong and impossible to implement advice. Do not even read such articles further. Face it. Whatever it is, in this birth you are not Buffet, Ambani, Jhunjhunwala or Bhansali. Fact is, […]
Fund Managers need stories to sell the fund to the investor. Will they ever, ever say sell equity funds and wait in liquid funds? No. Will they sell equities and wait in cash on your behalf. NO. They cannot and should not. This is exactly where a PMS can step in. However I would recommend […]
I was asked this question at an Investor Meet….and I said It is easy to say what Media is NOT. It is surely NOT about a) Education: If you think media is about educating you, it is not. b) Advising: To be your ADVISER I need to know YOU. Knowledge of markets, products, etc. is […]