Many people send me their portfolio and ask me to review it. These are the tell tale signs of a losing portfolio: 1. People who brag about their ‘success’ : One person who was so proud of his investment in one particular scheme. He said it had given him a 32% CAGR over the past […]

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There was a group of monkeys who had recently re-located and had a smart king. He had protected them from many dangers and was liked, feared and respected. In the new location there was a big lake – and looked inviting. However the king was smart and had warned them against it. He had told […]

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For regular readers of my blog this is the nth time that investors who do not have a goal find it difficult to handle volatility in the markets. If your daughter is 5 years old and you are saving for her education or wedding, how does it matter whether the markets touch 21000 or not? […]

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Was talking to a cousin of mine about his investing. He said he had some ‘mutual fund investments’. When I saw it – it was appalling. He is very close but was not too forthcoming about why he had chosen such an array of funds. However he earns very well and spends almost nothing (comparatively) […]

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So as expected the ULIP bill is passed. I am not sure about my numbers but if the mf sales: ulip sales is 1:300, to even think the MF industry will be called for a meeting sounds funny. The mutual fund industry in India is going through a real hard grind – some partly its […]

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Though I do not claim to help in reducing investor ignorance or awakening the investor…somewhere I guess it must be happening. Other blog writers like Ranjan Verma, Deepak Shenoy, and Manish Chauhan are all people with whom I have had conversations from time to time, and frankly there seems to be no ‘business model’ in […]

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