If there are a few basic investment lessons, and you must know, these are the ones: 1. The earlier you start the better, but TODAY is surely better than Tomorrow. 2. Your total return depends on how much return you get on each portion of your portfolio. So if 10% of your money is in […]
Here is a Master Class of Investment Lessons…..I did this as a lecture for a few managers who communicate with HNI customers… Not necessarily in any particular order…you choose that yourself: 1. Write down an Investment Philosophy Statement like this: http://www.subramoney.com/2008/02/secret-of-successful-investing-philosophy-statement/ 2. Be clear about your financial goals – and understand that a market fall […]
1. Suddenly many jobs are being lost: Remember slowing down, closing down are not words that happen only to somebody else! It happens to the best. Only your salary is certain, the variable salary is really variable. I now know of several people who are EARNING about 60% of their claimed CTC. The variable […]
So sad we do not have a Dalbar (an US based research firm that compares returns of stock and bond markets with those of individual investors) research on Indian investor returns! Just released in the US it has 2 startling facts: Over the last 20 year period the Standard& Poor Index returned an annualized gain […]
As soon as Dhoni won the World cup 2011 it was too tempting to write about – Management lessons from Dhoni, – Investment lessons from Dhoni, and Guru Gary. – Are Dhoni and Gary the new Arjun and Drona of Indian cricket? – How well Dhoni did asset allocation, how well he was focused, brilliant […]
I had done this post on Moneycontrol long back… Immaterial of whether you are in your 20′s or in your 50′s and you are looking at an investment you should know some of the basics of investing, so here it is. By and large at some stage you must have been approached by some investment […]