This is a very broad question and the answer is not easy to give. First of all let us clear some myths about what the retail investor thinks a regulator should do and what the regulator actually does. 1. The regulator is here to protect the small investor: Very very very broadly yes, in real […]
It is not that the retail investor cannot invest on his own, it is just I think the odds are terribly against them. Let us look at some of the foolish statements that I hear from time to time: 1. I do not make losses in the market: A wife told me that this […]
So sad we do not have a Dalbar (an US based research firm that compares returns of stock and bond markets with those of individual investors) research on Indian investor returns! Just released in the US it has 2 startling facts: Over the last 20 year period the Standard& Poor Index returned an annualized gain […]
SEBI, IRDA, Ministry of Company Affairs are all very concerned about the small investor. Tch, Tch..aaiyo pavam (bechara in Tamil)..so they make all the right noises. Let us hear them: 1. Make motherhood statements: when a regulator or a journalist makes mother hood statement like – ‘Subra do you agree that the retail investor should […]
there are many lessons for the retail investor from the budget: 1. It is a very important event if you are running a blog, website, channel, magazine, newspaper. It allows you to have a lot of chance for creating content. 2. No impact on the common man from an investing or tax planning point of […]
I have not been able to answer this question for myself – forget answering this question for others. There are 2 big company CEOs who constantly have their portfolios reviewed by me – the equity portion of it. One of them is in financial services. There are 3 fund managers who talk to me at […]
Long ago – in 2008 SEBI said that you could lend your stocks – made a lot of sense. If you are a promoter or a long only retail investor you could give your shares on ‘rent’ and earn some money. As usual the path to hell is paved with good intentions and SEBI did […]