It hardly matters whether it is equities or real estate, the reasons why people lose money is so simple to enumerate: 1. Not knowing the difference between trading and investing: they buy some shares, hope it goes up when it does not they sell off. Since they do not know whether they should be averaging […]
If you are an investor how many fund schemes do you need to know / track / understand? Well if you are like me 3 a maximum of 5. However if you are a person who thinks that all problems in life can be solved by mutual funds, maybe 10. Normally people save for […]
Make that first investment; waiting is costing you a bomb! After every lecture on financial planning, I get many requests for information from, young people just starting out in life. Regardless of their age, people do realize that a little upfront planning and action can put them ahead of the game. Thanks to the paid […]
Make that first investment; waiting is costing you a bomb! After every lecture on financial planning, I get many requests for information from, young people just starting out in life. Regardless of their age, people do realize that a little upfront planning and action can put them ahead of the game. Therefore, here is what […]
Overconfidence while investing is one big problem while people invest. Even worse is a half baked understanding of what the masters have said. Let us take just 2 examples…from the big man – Warren Buffet himself. 1. Diversification is for mediocre people: If you do not know what you are doing, you need to diversify. […]
If people think (or know) that you have some connection to the stock markets, they do turn to you with queries. One of the questions that I am asked – for the past 3-4 years has been “Do I need to hand over my money to a Portfolio Manager?” Whether an investor would benefit from […]
I did not know it would be so difficult to sound simple and uncomplicated. Many people have been mailing me, smsing me, calling me with questions is “What should I do, NOW ? The operative word is NOW. If you have been a long term investor you have seen the resilience of the equity markets […]