Invest in an index fund – they will outperfrom the active fund managers by a mile. This is quite a normal advise by many financial advisors – especially those who charge a fee for advising rather than a commission. Of course indexing has its advantages – one of the most important being you are not […]
A few days ago I had spoken about the ‘Honest truth’ – Ajit Dayal (who runs a mutual fund and a big mutual fund distribution business) is the author. He has recently written about the ET discussion on mutual funds. He sounds a little sore about not being called to the summit. Surprising, because the […]
Investing for retirement (which is called investing in the accumulation phase) and Investing during retirement (many of us will be investing even after we retire) can be as different as chalk and cheese. At the first stage we are looking for growth and safety. In the second stage we will be looking for liquidity, current […]
Many people close to retirement and some people in retirement are calling up – and their portfolios suck! Portfolios have the classic mistake of either being too aggressive or being too defensive with a lot of long term debt. In most cases I find a slew of mutual funds – opportunities funds, foreign investments, small […]
Many people who read my blog ask me one question. Am I against real estate investing? The answer is NO. It is a capital NO font size 72 dark, bold, …what ever else you want. However the common man – or most of the people whom I meet are so poorly equipped to deal with […]
I have 2 friends – aged about 57 years. They were classmates and are very close to retirement. Their investing philosophies are so different that I could not believe that the accumulated amounts could be so far away from each other. One of them did his MBA and joined ITC – and stayed there for […]
Myth: Time in the market is more important that timing the market. This says that the longer you stay invested, the more chances of you making money. Again, only partly true. Good investors know that timing is all. While no one can call market peaks or troughs correctly all the time, we all can figure […]