For regular readers of my blog this is the nth time that investors who do not have a goal find it difficult to handle volatility in the markets. If your daughter is 5 years old and you are saving for her education or wedding, how does it matter whether the markets touch 21000 or not? […]
For most readers of my blog this is an avoidable post. My simple, sincere, honest advice is stay away from options. However there are some die hard borrowers (leverage lovers) for whom options are tempting…and many times fatal. Options are risky is a right statement for investors. However if you are a trader who holds […]
Was talking to a cousin of mine about his investing. He said he had some ‘mutual fund investments’. When I saw it – it was appalling. He is very close but was not too forthcoming about why he had chosen such an array of funds. However he earns very well and spends almost nothing (comparatively) […]
A friend asked me to see value research online – and see the lead story on why you should distrust your adviser. I was amused because ‘How to select a financial adviser’ is a topic with which I have often grappled for and on behalf of many friends. Let us take a typical ‘media’ answer […]
With the zero load in mutual funds it is perhaps not too wrong to expect that many fund advisors will get out of this business. I am not sure whether this is a correct assumptions but it is a logical one. Will it really happen? Let us see. There will be many people in the […]
Recently got a copy of Amar Pandit’s book – Bill and Penny’s Money Adventures. There was no point in trying to do a book review. So I asked my daughter to read it and WRITE what she understood. I was quite impressed – first of all to get a 9 year old to read a […]
I had to speak at a Church (Parish) in Mumbai on Investing. In a religious gathering it was necessary to keep in mind what the scriptures said about investing. So the topic I chose was ‘Scriptures and investing’. The Christian community is quite conspicuous in its absence in the financial services field – especially in […]