http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/how-much-can-you-lose-in-equity-.html Well just too many people have no rules, limits, …and have no clue on how to invest in equities. These people can, should and do lose their shirt, pants and undergarments…..and deserve it. Completely. Let us say you are a well qualified, sensible, boy or girl and wish to invest in equities. Well if […]
There are many people who write in to say ‘I do not like mutual funds’. Fantastic. What is your choice? Out of about 4000 investors / traders whom I have met over the years not more than 50 are/were capable of beating the index regularly over long periods of time. The statistics is against you […]
this article appeared in reuters india’s personal financial page…. 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 memory is […]
When it comes to buying any asset – I am using it loosely there is a tendency to borrow. Borrowing actually helps you immediately by allowing you to buy beyond your means. The problem with most things we buy is that once we buy it, it ceases to hold any attraction for us. That is […]