“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment”- Jim Rohn Investing is a boring business. We need to carry enormous patience along if our investment journey must meet its milestones and reach the end destination. Our impatience often makes us do things that hurt our investment outcome. Investing needs to…
Time, patience & money are the tripods of sensible, intelligent investing. “India’s tryst with destiny” has been a work in progress from the times of its first public proponent, Pt. Nehru. We have been very slow in moving to make our destiny. Several so called exercises in democracy have almost…
“If you do not know how to care for money, money will stay away from you.” – Robert Kiyosaki. Investors love the idea of thinking big. Everybody dreams of making that one investment that takes their wealth into the stratosphere. That big idea is an elusive one for most investors.…
It’s a long and winding road from skepticism to euphoria. We are at a time when investor’s are wondering which way different asset classes will move? Crossroads is the perfect word. Will equity sustain the rise? Can real estate prices rebound? Is gold showing the strength to recover? The investor…
The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions. –Seth Klarman Do you think you missed the bus this time? This one is for you. Actually, the stock market bus is a shuttle service. If you missed this…
Staying ahead of the curve is what separates the smart investor from the herd. The indices are near their all time high. The budget is behind us. The customary euphoria and disappointment played out before the market returned to business. Buying seems the principal focus of investors. Years of avoiding…
Let not speculation drive your investment. Investment should rise above it. Quick Edit: We always believe it is our investment knowledge that delivers results for us. We overly emphasise on our ability to analyse, sort and select. We think too much of analysis and too little about behaviour. But, long…
When euphoria is near, it is the time to fear. Investors have one perpetual weakness. We actually lack the ability to handle growth. When investments return big, portfolios grow. Investors are often unprepared for portfolio growth. Talking of preparation, investors often get very disturbed by success. In fact, success affects…
In adversity, lies opportunity. Reading is a constant in an investor’s daily grind. Perspectives evolve, ideas emerge and conviction grows when an investor reads the right things. In bear markets, reading about value investing is an obvious choice. Reading about the lives of three of the greatest value investors of…
“The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions. “–Seth Klarman The markets always love strong medicines administered on the economy. The bitter they are, the better for the markets. Raising fares, dropping subsidies, removing doles, removing roadblocks…