One very important media advise is “If the fund has been a poor performer for X quarters, sell it off“. This looks so stunningly correct an advise that few people will be able to shrug it off. Take for example in the current down turn of the Indian equity markets the performance of ‘balanced’ funds. […]
Should I buy real estate now – now that the market is down or wait for it to get lower? This is a question that everybody seems to be asking. Frankly I do not know. A classmate (Prakash) and I have been having a disagreement about the direction of the housing market. He calls real […]
Many people underestimate the hurt that taxation causes to their investment. Let us take an example. If you invested Rs. 100,000 in a RBI bond which pays 8% p.a. before taxes, you will get Rs. 8000 as interest and assume you pay 30% tax you will be left with Rs. 5600 at the end of […]
Animal Planet may well be the best channel to watch for investments! Surprised? Well, considering that investor behaviour resembles that of herds, it does not sound all that unreasonable. After all, in 2001 we found it hard to convince them that it was worthwhile to invest in equities. Now in 2008, it is hard to […]