It is amazing how people will not do simple things to make money! Start early, index your investments, do not interrupt the compounding process…..but will continue to do stupid things. In 1600 it was tulips, in 2012 it was Social Media! The fall in market capitalization of Groupon is about US $ 20 billion, and […]

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  The equity market is like a lion. When you see it take a couple of steps back, it is not to run away, but to spring with great vigor. Ok this may not sound too great, but you may not have heard it anywhere else too! You have been hearing Bill Gross saying ‘Equity […]

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  When you have lived long enough on the planet, you have one great thing – the ability to look back.  Obviously I can look back on investing and can look back about 33 years – when I started. It is also the same age as the relationship with my friend / philosopher / guide […]

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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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No, this is not a post…just a FB type of a comment. When a public issue of L&T Finance was announced (about a year back?)…many of the employees of the L&T group called me. Many of them were thrilled that they would be getting some ‘fixed quota’. I am not sure if I could have […]

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 http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-much-can-you-lose-in-equity-.html Well just too many people have no rules, limits, …and have no clue on how to invest in equities. These people can, should and do lose their shirt, pants and undergarments…..and deserve it. Completely. Let us say you are a well qualified, sensible, boy or girl and wish to invest in equities. Well if […]

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If you qualified in 2007..and started a SIP in 2008 in a long term equity fund, chances are your account is still in the red. Trying telling this kid ‘In the long run you will make money’. Even well qualified and older persons are finding it difficult to believe their ‘wealth creation strategy of doing […]

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