The equity markets will improve in 3 months, 7 months, 9 months…..you have heard them all, have you not? Let us see what is likely to happen in 3 months. The global auto market will not improve, we cannot see any great recovery in the US auto – so the Indian suppliers will not benefit. […]
This is crazy. What has happened in Satyam for me looks like an action replay. When Ketan Parekh was ramping up his’K10′ shares I was asked why am I not buying a particular ‘S’ software. It was flouted to me that a particular fast growing fund was buying its shares and the company was doing […]
This article appeared in reuters.in – in their personal finance page under my name…. Organise your finances! The greatest advantage a person has if he calls me is he gets a chance to fill up a 20 page questionnaire. It contains questions from name, gender, marital status, employment, whom he supports, etc. It surely helps […]
Two or three days ago I had done a post saying “golden rules of investing”. Today I am going to add a few more: 1. Do not abdicate financial understanding: “I trust my adviser” is not always a statement of faith. In many cases I know, it is a matter of laziness or convenience. Do […]
If the market goes up 3 days in a row, i get emails / queries asking “Is this the end of a bear market”. UNfortunately I do not have any simple answers. First of all the market does not announce the starting of bull / bear markets. Pundits have chosen the names and almost always […]
If you have wondered what makes mutual funds less risky than direct investing is the fact that a fund manager has to construct a portfolio. However, the fund manager should not get carried away and put too much money into one company..or cause such harm. So the law has put some restrictions as follows: Minimum […]
This headline is so contagious that everybody will want to know what is inside this! However, tips on which share to buy does not create wealth. So if you were expecting me to say “Buy Hindalco, Tata steel, Tata Motors, etc. you will be disappointed. Sorry! Here are some tips however, on how to behave […]