Not sure whether I started the trend…but a few days ago I asked this question. In fact I am not even convinced that I should have dematted my dad’s Tisco, Telco, Coromandel fertilisers, Colgate, …etc. but that is done. Clearly I did it because I saw it was way to easy to demateralise shares of […]
“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 […]
These are some wealth observations – learnt from observing, copying, reading, experiencing,….the following learnings are worth reading about: 1. High Income does not always translate to higher wealth: Unless you create income creating assets which grow at a rate greater than inflation, you cannot get wealthy. Simple Income has to be spent and then used […]
I have been in the markets for a real long time. As a friend says when we entered the market flying was considered dangerous and sex was considered safe! I started learning about something called PRICE-DIVIDEND RATIO. I was told dividends are the only thing that a small investor knows for real, so he should […]
Well depends on whom you listen to! There are many options about how to invest in a mutual fund. Let us see some of the broad options: 1. Online or 2. Offline The options in offline are – a) You go to a mutual fund house branch, fill the form and rest assured that things […]
If on your way to prosperity you have accumulated many advisers how do you ensure that they are on the same page? Let me tell you the woes of one of my friends. Typically he has 3 Relationship Managers, one I F A, one Portfolio Manager, one C A who files the Income tax returns. […]
I have written many pieces on ‘buy or rent real estate’. I have got feedback saying ‘If my father had also bought a flat…I would not have bought’. That may not be the right argument. It is a person’s migration from one level of strata to the other one which is marked by ‘buying’ a […]