A few days ago I had spoken about the ‘Honest truth’ – Ajit Dayal (who runs a mutual fund and a big mutual fund distribution business) is the author. He has recently written about the ET discussion on mutual funds. He sounds a little sore about not being called to the summit. Surprising, because the […]
Do numbers lie? Or is it that liars use numbers to lie? Mutual funds are assessed on the basis of their past performance. So the best fund in the last 3 years is likely to be the best fund in the next 3 years – after all we know history repeats itself! Let us take […]
Many people close to retirement and some people in retirement are calling up – and their portfolios suck! Portfolios have the classic mistake of either being too aggressive or being too defensive with a lot of long term debt. In most cases I find a slew of mutual funds – opportunities funds, foreign investments, small […]
Some amusing incidents… A friend who heads wealth in a big branded organisation was sitting in his office…and I was one of the persons in the room when this happened. We were having coffee when his immediate assisstant came asking him to come along for a meet. My friend said all the right words..You must […]
I have a brilliant friend who has worked for many big and important media houses. He told me once – when he was heading a magazine – “I have made up my mind, please do not confuse me with the facts!”. This was when he was doing a story on mutual funds and unit linked […]
I did an unscientific sms poll asking people the same question: ” 5 year view – If I have money to invest in the equity markets. Should I do a 12 month STP or a 24 month STP?”. The persons covered included 2 CIOs, 2 CEOs a few fund managers, 3-4 research people and a […]
October is a particularly dangerous month to speculate. The others are January, September, April, February, July, November, June, August, March, May, and December. or something to this effect was said by Mark Twain. One of the main reasons why people lose money in equities is people speculate instead of investing. Trading is not investing! So […]