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 […]
For all those who think that ‘Buy and Hold’ is an easy investment strategy, welcome to this post. This is one of the toughest strategjes to implement. If you think you can buy some shares that are currently being touted on Cnbc everyday and like Rip Van winkle wake up after 20 years, you are […]
1. Franklin India Bluechip fund has performed badly. Look at the last quarter. Remember this advice sometime in 2007….and as usual I smiled it away. In fact the EDITOR of a financial mag told me ‘Hey this fund is doing well in my portfolio…why is such a story being carried (somewhere else, thankfully!!). I said, […]
This week had some interesting events…. – a friend was offered a 30% discount on a retail purchase of a flat in one of Mumbai suburbs – a lovely property belonging to Hindustan Unilever Ltd. did not find any buyer in an auction – at Worli – one girl was killed in Delhi by a […]
Are the Indian promoters who destroy shareholder wealth the worst in the world? Or are there some who are worse than that? In the American context there were AIG, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Lehman, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae… or should we talk about the worst environmental disaster by BP? Well well, the list is long is […]
This is an old idea – many people have said it. Particularly Peter Lynch has said this many times – buy things you are familiar with, what you cannot describe in a picture is not worth buying, etc. There is of course a lot of justification to own shares like Gillette, Colgate, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, […]
Ego and pride are not really useful elements while investing. Many investors I know have made money because of luck or research done by some other person. However when they apply their minds a little on the shares that they buy, they think they are doing research! My research for example, is completely outsourced to […]