Ego and pride are not really useful elements while investing. Many investors I know have made money because of luck or research done by some other person. However when they apply their minds a little on the shares that they buy, they think they are doing research! My research for example, is completely outsourced to […]

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the flow just continues… A friend called me to say he is buying a new life insurance policy. Luckily he called me before he signed the cheque. I asked him why did he have to buy a policy – his son and daughter have just completed good top class education and are in nice jobs. […]

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When markets fall, Price Earning ratios correct. Including the PE ratios of candidates who attend job interviews! Already one is hearing about a big broking firm closing down 100 branches. I have lost track of how many branches they have, so this is an absolute number and not a  relative number. What it means is […]

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