For students of Economics, there used to be a concept called ‘Free Market’. The USA was considered to be the home of free markets along with old democracies like France, UK, Japan and the like. Many economists believed that the Free Market was never born, but that is debatable. After much thought, searching and with […]

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  i have a core portfolio – and a small trading portfolio. The amount allocated to the trading portfolio has not changed in the past 4-5 years. Take a bow, Ratan Tata, Tata Motors back to the Jewel position in your crown… In the recent past i had added Tata Motors (dvr), Cholamandalam Investment, Divis […]

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It is the world of capitalism (Socialism has failed they say). So Ayn Rand is here to stay. RIP Ayn Rand, please stop shrugging like Atlas! If we were to believe that capitalism works, we have to assume that all the people connected with one company should have the company’s good at heart, correct? Well […]

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When all of us feel that there is no risk, risk happens. Like all of us were sure that the markets will go from 21000 to 25000 it went to 9000. Market is a great humiliator -and exactly when you feel you have understood it all, it slaps you. At times it hits you in […]

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This morning I was watching television and an expert came…. He was asked what shares to buy…he said buy pharma. He then said buy GSK…. Then he was asked which shares one should NOT BUY…and he said: Do not buy Realty stocks, infrastructure stocks, auto, ….not sure what else..but auto, infra and realty were surely […]

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Many people have heard or read about diversification but may not be aware of what it really means. Here is an attempt. One girl came up to me and said I need to invest in ELSS (equity linked saving scheme) for saving some Income tax what should I do. I suggested Hdfc Tax Saver and […]

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There are many types of people I meet – some who are simple and some who think they are leading a simple life. I know a person who cannot print anything from a word or excel. He has no clue about downloading his bank statement. He is a big executive in the pharma business – […]

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