Ego and pride are not really useful elements any where. So even while investing ego, pride, etc. have to be packed away in a box and tightly secured in a box. Many investors I know have made money because of luck or research done by some other person. However when they apply their minds […]

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The problem with simple steps is most people do not believe it. I remember that sometime in 1999-2000 inĀ  class somebody asked me ‘give me some simple steps to great wealth’. I said : You mean? He said: suggest 3 shares which will make me good gains over the next 10-15 years. I said: If […]

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1. You should not fall in love with your stocks: too many of the newbies having ‘read up’ some literature feel that one should not fall in love with your portfolio. Completely wrong. I agree the company does not know that you exist and frankly the company could not care, but it is stupid to […]

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Amazing what the 2003-2007 boom in the markets have done to people! Many people have taken their income from 2001-2007 and are extrapolating that growth over the next 20 years, so some of them are hoping to retire on a salary of Rs. 3 crores a year – at least that is what the excel […]

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Many kids or most kids should I say aspire to do their MBA. Sadly the MBA degree in India has too damn high a standard deviation. From the top range IIMs to the ones at the bottom, the gap is too much. The question is – if you are doing your MBA or have done […]

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If you are a Value Investor – one of the best times to be buying is when everybody is writing you off. So if the power failure in north India was bad, you should have seen the coverage by the international press! They made it look like..OMG this country wants to be a super power? […]

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If you are a Tata Motors watcher, the sales of Nano should worry you, right? Well, not so fast. The sales of Nano will not do any great magic to the sales of Tata Motors. Nor will it affect the margins. To make an impact on the books of Tata Motors, Nano has to sell […]

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