These are some of the queries that I receive – most of them asking me ‘Should I invest in equities’ or EVEN ‘Why do YOU say I should invest in equities’. Let me first list the questions: 1. Will the next 20 years be the same as the 20 years that have gone by? 2. […]
A lot of kids I know have 3-4-5 year old SIPs. Some in the red, some in the black. However even those which are in the black are just marginally in the black. When they see the statement it does not look good. Not good at all. What can they do? It is tough. I […]
In the Indian markets when one asset class is losing, other asset classes also catch up fast. So if you think you have invested in real estate, equities and debt – you may not be diversified enough. In fact if you have diversified across asset classes at all points in time, one of the asset […]
Subra with so much of volatility, is it worthwhile being in equities? You remember the Rs. 3 lakhs that I put in a fund about 4 years ago is up only about 12% – should I sell it and put it in National Savings Certificate? Market has not been good at all for me. It […]
I get a lot of mails – on my blog, on facebook, and of course on subramoney.rich@gmail.com asking me to write on: – borrowing, loan consolidation, student loan consolidation, bankruptcy, …. -smart spending, – trading – in equities and debt, commodities, gold, silver, etc. – futures and options, hedging, – market timing etc. My response […]
“Past performance is not an indicator of future performance” — the literature of every mutual fund you own, mentions something to this effect. In fact once, when I was lecturing at a mutual fund house, which was not performing well, one of the managers said, jocularly, “Can we say our past non-performance is not an […]
This is not the first time that I am doing a post saying ‘why people lose money in equities’ – nor will it be the last! Of course there are many reasons, here is an attempt to find some of them: 1. Over-Confidence: It is quite shocking to see how people over estimate their ability […]