When I ask people what they expect from their investments, their first answer is ‘profits’. So I now have to be more accurate in my questioning… One of the questions is ‘What returns do you expect on a realistic basis from your investments?’ Obviously in nsc and ppf they know the answer…but when it comes […]
This is not the first time that I am doing a post saying ‘why people lose money in equities’ – nor will it be the last! Of course there are many reasons, here is an attempt to find some of them: 1. Over-Confidence: It is quite shocking to see how people over estimate their ability […]
If you read all my posts you will find that I am not such a big US hater, but yes they have got many things wrong. First of all I find the way of calculating GDP is so bad (all over the world including India) that it sucks. For example if there is a big […]
Everybody who sings about one of the best and perhaps smartest businessmen in the world they forget his fees. Warren Buffet charges 25% of the profits as fees from people whose funds he manages. How many people are willing to pay that kind of fees? IN ADVANCE, not 30 years later in retrospect… Remember the […]
There are many ways of getting rich. The quickest way is to sell something that you can buy for Re. 1 and sell it for Rs. 500. Then create a sales force which sells it for a 10% commission. The better the quality of sales force the greater will be your profits. The more such […]