This is a result of being in the 4th decade of my investing life. Not all the lessons were personally learnt – some where learnt from the reading, teaching, talking, dreaming, writing, commenting about investing. So if you see some points from other authors, writers, commentators do not feel outraged. We both may have […]
Recently I have been inundated by mails, sms, calls asking for the head of a person who had done a story on how FD returns were better than equity returns over a 20 year period. Now doing data driven stories in India is JUST NOT POSSIBLE. Not possible at all. Why this sweeping statement? Simply […]
at various levels the common man has been told lies. The common man being the common man, he believes the newspapers, the television channels, the experts who come on television, the advisers, the media experts…..and everybody and everyone. Let us see some more of the lies that he/ she believe: 1. India is a socialistic […]
Parroting ‘time spent in the market is better than timing the market’ is done by many journalists especially in the financial sector. However it does not giving the following advise: “It is your money. So if you are nervous about the market move into cash” When there are dark clouds, when you are feeling sad, […]