I do not always respond to emails and comments on my blog. Some are too obvious and some queries are portfolio management queries. Typically like ‘I have invested in……..’ is it a good investment? Is it a good time to average? is it a good time to sell?…. frankly the answer to all this is […]

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Some companies in India are more equal than others. Sahara is one such case. No clue about what they do. They can show a thumb to RBI, go to the Supreme Court over a matter, scare the regulator into taking action,…. Congrats to SEBI for passing the order – surely Sahara will say the matter […]

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Last week I spent some time with a friend evaluating his portfolio. Like many of my friends he had started his SIPs about 10-12 years ago and had done well in his investing, simply by being disciplined, not arguing too much and letting the compounding go on! However, his wife did not know too much […]

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  One of the girls who read my book….has sent this note….I have masked her name….obviously do not want her name to show up in a Google search!! Name:  hidden           Age: 23 (born 1987)         Profession: Service / Banker 1. At what age do you plan to retire? Have you started saving for retirement? I plan […]

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Manish of Jagoinvestor.com sent me a mail of an article in Maharashtra Times (here is the link)…talking about how people should try to learn from websites… here is the link http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/8232806.cms

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Well many heart surgeons who have died of a heart attack have not been able to tell the diff between a heart attack or just a case of gas.. Why am I bringing this up on  a Monday morning? Well I walked to Nerul station…and a man sitting there asked me…’Heart attack causes pain in […]

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Just like my post on Sathya Sai Baba here is a post on Narendra Modi. Not a great fan of his role in the riots, but a big fan of his administrative capabilities. Have interacted with enough of the bureaucrats of Guj to know that he has done a great job. I have no clue […]

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