Investors face all kinds of risks in the financial markets. There is credit risk – the risk that a borrower will default on an obligation. Liquidity risk – the possibility that you will not be able to convert a security into cash when you need the money. Market risk – the likelihood that the share […]

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Here I am putting in some of my own effort, and some copied from the masters. Remember there are some very holy but useless sounding right advice. If you do not know how to do, LEARN them if you wish to be a good investor: A. Know yourself before starting to invest: 1. What kind […]

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In 2007 many people had a lot of funds in equities….in 2013 Indians do not have too much money in equities. So to that extent 2013 does not look like 2007! When will the retail Indians come to the equity market? Difficult to say. The retail investor is scared of the equity markets (not understanding, […]

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Subra…I bought this house for Rs. 42 lakhs about 8 years ago now it is worth Rs. 80 lakhs…It has almost doubled. So Subra using your Rule of 72…I have got a 9% return..this is fantastic is it not? In the share market I could not have got this much, right? I said…not so quick […]

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A few days back I wrote a piece on ‘Young, Glamorous, Riskless and Broke’. This was about the kids born in the 1980s. Let us take a kid born in 1987 – would have graduated in 2007-8 and finished his/her MBA in 2009. This was not a great season to graduate, but would have found […]

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I have no views, and I have no position in gold. I do not understand bullion or most of the commodities. This is a caveat. However, I know one thing – price is determined by demand and supply. This is universally true. And has always been true. Now one story I keep hearing is that […]

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A lot of people who read my blog think I am against real estate. Far from it. I believe a lot of money can be made in real estate – surely greater than gold and debt instruments. Surely less than a nice portfolio of equities. However to make money in real estate the following conditions […]

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