Myth: Time in the market is more important that timing the market. This says that the longer you stay invested, the more chances of you making money. Again, only partly true. Good investors know that timing is all. While no one can call market peaks or troughs correctly all the time, we all can figure […]

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One senior journalist has asked me for my views on India’s financial blogs. I normally do not do such things ….frankly I do not see the purpose. However, succumbing to pressure (or a vicarious pleasure of doing something like this?)…I said yes. Now I have 2 questions to ask all you readers: 1. Which are […]

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In all public forum nowadays (and even earlier) there is a tendency to blame the distributor. Let us see a typical debt market presentation: Fund manager: Hello, today we are going to talk about debt funds ‘Debt funds have done extremely well over the past few years….’ Journalist: Why is there no retail participation? FM: […]

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J Dey was a journalist – and I believe he studied in Fatima High School, Vidyavihar, my alma mater too! While switching channels between Discovery and Music India..i happened to hit a news channel. They announced that the Mumbai Police has cracked the case, Chotta Rajan’s henchmen killed J Dey and the sharp shooters have […]

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Most business people pay lip service to education and training. If you are a business man and know your business well you still need to learn about money. You need to be updated about HR. What about logistics? – really the works. Ask a group of business people if they’d be willing to attend a […]

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Most business people pay lip service to education and training. If you are a business man and know your business well you still need to learn about money. You need to be updated about HR. What about logistics? – really the works. Ask a group of business people if they’d be willing to attend a […]

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I rarely watch TV…but today morning while flipping channels I saw one Business (read: Markets) channel covering the MCX-SEBI fight… the Anchor asked the journalist covering the incident ‘How do you think will be the REGULATOR’S FACE OFF? Ma’am MCX is likely to be a stock exchange…not a regulator. And the journalist used the words…’adapt’ […]

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