“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” – William James There are some great discoveries that our generation made – the most important one is already on the top of the page. We also found out that to be the world’s richest […]
In the Indian markets when one asset class is losing, other asset classes also catch up fast. So if you think you have invested in real estate, equities and debt – you may not be diversified enough. In fact if you have diversified across asset classes at all points in time, one of the asset […]
I have said a lot about Ayn Rand…and here is more. The publishing industry publishes what sells. It need not be good, moral, correct, intelligent,….but people should buy. If they read and buy more, even better. If they can get one company to buy 100,000 copies to be given away free, they actually do not […]
This is not actually a list of books to read..but a sequel to a story I had done long back on books to read… If I remember right, my original list may not included Fooled by Randomness, Black Swan, or The Bed of Procruses – all are Taleb’s books. If you are not too keen […]
Once upon a time long, long ago I used to be a fan of Ayn Rand’s books! This must have been circa 1980 when I was a student and believed that there is a perfect world…and it exists in the world occupied by the White Man. It was a time when it was easy to […]
It is customary for a tight fisted individual to get badgered for being tight fisted. However, if a person is liberal with money he is normally liked by everybody around him. (Needless to say him includes her). I was in the gang of people who would rag people who were tight fisted. Till I had […]