this appeared on Utvi when the index was 11,000 or thereabouts… In the latest episode of Smart Money, UTVi’s Vikram Oza interviewd PV Subramanyam who is a Financial Trainer. Is it a common to people stop making investments when times are tough? Subramanyam: When the markets are down, people ask if they can stop their […]
Is the bear market over? Are we in a bear market? These are questions that I have to face in every classroom that I enter….so here is my reply. Frankly, I do not know. But surely the index is a far cry from 21000 index that we had seen earlier this year. Is this the first […]
So at last the world is telling America a simple thing. You cannot live beyond your means for too long. When they had a huge deficit, they went to war at Afghanistan. Then at Iraq. It does not matter how much money you have – if you burn it fast enough, it will be over! […]
Are we in a bear market? Well I do not know. But surely the index is a far cry from 21000 index that we had seen earlier this year. Is this the first time that we are going through a bear market in India? The answer is a mixed one. It is a no if […]
Animal Planet may well be the best channel to watch for investments! Surprised? Well, considering that investor behaviour resembles that of herds, it does not sound all that unreasonable. After all, in 2001 we found it hard to convince them that it was worthwhile to invest in equities. Now in 2008, it is hard to […]
What is a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)? An SIP is simply; a method of investing a fixed sum, regularly, in a mutual fund. It is very similar to regular saving schemes like a recurring deposit. An SIP allows you to buy units on a given date each month, so you can implement an investment / […]