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 […]
Where should an investor invest today? Equity markets? Real estate or Gold? – I am assuming that investors look only at these 3 asset classes – I do not know how to invest in horses, oil, other commodities etc. so I will stick to these 3 asset classes… Let us start with Equities. If some […]
Did you know that if you are dealing with a non psu bank, you are dealing with a foreign owned bank. India registered, oh yes, but foreign owned. Did you know that airlines will soon be owned by foreign capitalists? that the retail will soon be opened up for the Marks and Spencer? and the […]
Well I have no connection with the regulator unlike some of my esteemed friends. The regulator does not know me, and I doubt if he knows of my existence. I doubt it. So chances of him calling me for ideas about how to simplify the mutual funds for the common man are not just remote, […]
About 12 years ago she came to me for investing her money. She is a well educated woman, has a smart daughter – and there is no man in her life. She is divorced, her father died about 7 years ago and she does not have a son. I am saying all this because when […]
Which is the safest country to invest? USA Which is the safest instrument to invest in? Bonds So the safest investment in the safest country has to be the US Gilts, right? Re-think. Re Rethink again. Welcome to the world of REAL RETURNS and inverse relationship between interest rates and bond prices. The USA has […]
A survey in the USA – the land where ‘Greed is Good’ was created and is defended – showed how people with MORE actually are NOT liking it. Just check what happens when you have more. It actually forces you to choose – whether it is shirts, pants, a big menu card, a coffee shop […]