A few fund managers are visibly making statements like ‘this is a great time to be investing in equities…because equities are low’. Not true. If you do not know which equity share to buy (or which fund manager to back) ….you may end up buying real expensive stocks which are currently booming. If you are […]
Will the market recover? When, not whether is the question. If my students do not ask “When will the market touch 21000 again?”, I ask them the same question. The most optimistic answer I have got is 6 months and the most pessimistic answer I have got is 2 years. Very clearly short term […]
The simple art of writing an astrology column or appearing on television is to write in a way that you say nothing. Let us take some typical lines (in astrology): -those who are single will find somebody attractive to spend your life with. – business travel could be difficult, take care of your health. – […]
– Markets are in a turmoil, you should be investing in ‘safe’ assets that give guaranteed returns like ppf, nsc, bank fixed deposits. – Do not sell all your equities, but do put some money in debt instruments, it is safe – Do not worry about sector specific investments, but the sectors to be avoided […]
Does every business have to be profitable? To the common man, yes! Not true, not true, not true at all! Many people do businesses to: – keep themselves busy – to show to the world that they are doing a big business – hoping to make money 10 years, 20 years or 30 years later! […]
here is a letter that I received..if it were true, I could have paid a dollar for everybody clicking on my site…alas, i think it is one more junk mail..but it makes interesting reading, does it not? read on: How are you today? I must say that I have enormous respect for you considering […]
There is some advise that you keep getting from the media. You have heard it so many times that you know that it is correct (or the person who is giving, the journal, the channel, all of them believe)…but most people do not know how to use it. So I call it brilliant, but completely […]