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 […]
If I did not know how the government works (no even now I do not, but some readers may think I know), I would have believed that the brokers association has done a good lobbying job. That does not seem to be the case. However the RGESS (Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme) is likely […]
Sir I have read your blog…I like it. Me: Thank you He: Sir, are you a Chartered Accountant? Me: Yes sir.. He: Will you file my Income tax Return? Me: No sir, i do not do that work… He: What work do you do? Me: Regarding investments.. He: Arre, will you manage my portfolio…I bought […]
I get a lot of mails – on my blog, on facebook, and of course on subramoney.rich@gmail.com asking me to write on: – borrowing, loan consolidation, student loan consolidation, bankruptcy, …. -smart spending, – trading – in equities and debt, commodities, gold, silver, etc. – futures and options, hedging, – market timing etc. My response […]
I did my first transaction in equities in the year 1979. I was in 12th standard, Clive Loyd had not yet won the ‘Prudential Cup’ ….and my parents did not think that a ‘kid’ should not deal in shares…I think my first transaction was 50 shares of Ind Suzuki (later on called TVS Suzuki). Do […]
Tuesday did a session at the MoneyLife office at Shivaji Park….’It is not your income, but your wealth that counts’ . Like everybody, I like to see my pictures – which Moneylife has put up on its website..so please look at it (it will do My ego a lot of good, i think, I do […]
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? […]