I am not sure about the social media and investment advice, but am worried about the people who talk about risk in the media! Let us see some comments: 1. At this point if you are afraid of the markets you should shift to a RISKLESS portfolio of debt funds, FMP and bank deposits. Yuck, […]

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Amazed that in a country where every data and content aggregator wants your data and articles free….there is speakasia.com! They want to pay me for MY OPINION and the opinion of other people that I am able to collect. More amazing that people believe that this is a marketable product and 19 lakh people are […]

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Which is the worst investment advice that you have ever received? Back in my 20s – when I did not know that I knew nothing about investing (trading I still do not know) I had clients who would seek my advice. Now this advice is kinda addicting. When people ask you give some advice and […]

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I hate giving tips…and hate people asking for tips. When a person who does not know me from adam sends a mail saying “I have L&T bought at 1485…what should I do now?”.  Sorry, I can only delete the mail. I need to know a person before I can recommend anything to him or her. […]

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Many people send me their portfolio and ask me to review it. These are the tell tale signs of a losing portfolio: 1. People who brag about their ‘success’ : One person who was so proud of his investment in one particular scheme. He said it had given him a 32% CAGR over the past […]

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Too many blogs, too many columns, too many writers. Very little actionable ideas. Too many theories. Too much of cut paste. Let us look at one of them today. It is not the timing, but the time spent in the market that is important. Is it true? Yes of course. Is it true always and […]

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Recently 2 Nris asked me this often asked question. I remember Srikant doing a story on Moneycontrol sometime back regarding the same. I come from a school of thought that ‘whatever happens in my life is because of me’. However this was before I saw some managers handling some gullible people’s portfolios. Both these are […]

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