The best advice that I ever got for my investments was to “leave it alone”. I remember I didn’t want to follow that advice initially and when a big international event happened, and the markets went into a downward spiral, I wanted to liquidate...
Read moreThe value of the sensex is at an all-time high level, but the valuations are trading near long term averages. Considering the trends in recovery of earnings, these valuations will get cheaper by the quarter Value – The long-term rise in the...
Read moreA smart fund manager puts money on what he believes are the best investment ideas today that will play out in the next 3-5 years. After that he would not sit back, and wait for the next 3-5 years for the expected outcome. The best fund managers...
Read moreSometime back we had written about the fact that markets don’t like uncertainty, the reverse is also true – “Markets love certainty”. The results from the recently concluded state elections in India have set our markets on a sure-shot path of...
Read moreIn this age of continuous disruptions, the only constant is change. There is a perpetual risk to our regular sources of income – be it a job or business. What we need is to have the cushion of carefully planned savings to comfort us during times...
Read moreIndia is a secular growth economy and over the decades, the economy has withstood the test of national and international events, gone through upturns and downturns, with nominal GDP (Manufacturing, Services and Agriculture) growing at...
Read moreHow do we make sense of the ever-fluctuating share markets? Simple, think long term In life, we are surer about the near term – where we will be tomorrow or what we will be doing next week, but as we think more into the future, the less...
Read moreThe value of the Sensex in its base year in 1979 was 100 and today it is up more than 270 times giving a compounded return of upwards of 16% per annum. This return by far exceeds other popular investment class returns which rarely come close to...
Read moreOne of the most famous studies on human psychology has concluded that the basic needs of humans must be met (like food, shelter and security) before a person can realize his true creative potential In our quest to accumulate resources to take...
Read moreThere is a simple rule in stock market investing Buy Low – Sell High. As simple as it may sound, it is not so easy to follow. When markets fall, fear is the dominant emotion that prevails, we are afraid that markets will fall further and in...
Read moreEach year millions of young Indians, in search of job opportunities need to shift base from their ancestral homes in small towns and villages across India to bigger cities and metros and start nuclear families. This is resulting in the breakdown...
Read moreWhile every Indian household may aspire to have a car, less than 10% own one today! Even the most popular item in our lives today – the mobile phone, would not have reached 100% of our households even by 2020. The penetration levels for goods and...
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