I am sure you are all dying to hear what is this word…..well the word is NO. Nahi chahiye. Nyet. Nein. Vendam. Nako. Nathi Jothu. Do not want….. the single word is NO. When I was reading an article recently I saw an article with similar headlines…it was an article in Newsweek and it said […]
Warren Buffet has a fantastic image and a super machinery that keeps his image intact. In fact growing… We saw a few days ago – that WB is: 1. a fantastic CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. 2. His whole portfolio (obviously including the insurance business) is extremely well diversified across industries, geographies, etc. 3. His performance […]
There is some advise that you keep getting from the media. You have heard it so many times that you know that it is correct (or the person who is giving, the journal, the channel, all of them believe)…but most people do not know how to use it. So I call it brilliant, but completely […]
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 […]
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. […]
Now that there are more than 1100 readers on my blog regularly…the Google data analysis makes interesting reading. What i find amazing is the fact that people from 208 cities monitored by Google come to the site. Even assuming 10-12 of bounce back, it still means close to 200 cities have people who know about […]
Many people have heard or read about diversification but may not be aware of what it really means. Here is an attempt. One girl came up to me and said I need to invest in ELSS (equity linked saving scheme) for saving some Income tax what should I do. I suggested Hdfc Tax Saver and […]