No this is not a simple post on the Oracle of investing…but just clearing the air for some people. Who is WB? He is a brilliant investor. There is no doubt that he has created a lot of wealth for his shareholder. Does it make him the greatest. Well we will discuss that later on. […]
I am not even sure whether a conversation or strategy which some of us use should be part of this blog. However as an experiment here is a trend in some of our portfolios. I have no clue whether it will work in the future, it has worked in the past – say 20 months. […]
The people with old portfolios – some of them in their ’80s is coming from a completely unexpected source (that is what risk is supposed to be, is it not?). My parents lost Cadbury, Kodak, Hoganas, ITW Signode, …significant shares in their portfolio to a ‘buy-back’ in the 1980s…or 1990s, not sure. Buy-back is a […]
Almost every body whom I meet asks me this question: “Should I buy gold?”. My answer is never straight (everybody around me says that!!). So I ask “Why?” The answer always is : “Because it is going up.” To me this answer is scary and completely stupid. If every body is buying an item because […]