Avoid trading. Stay invested.
Timidity prompted by past failures causes investors to miss the most important bull markets. Are the markets expensive now? Given that the […]
Is hope hyped up?
Events and expectations lead to markets pricing every positive development in. Not too long ago, the rupee was battling to save itself […]
Build liquidity. Buy the Dip.
Iwiz: The smart investor knows he can be fooled. The fool truly believes otherwise. It is exam time and households are seeing […]
Get investment ready
“In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.”- Ben Graham […]
Show patience. Volatility must not bother you.
Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.–Seth Klarman On women’s day, we thought it may be a good thing to let […]
It is when you sell that counts!
“The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions.” – […]
Move out of your comfort zone
In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable. Party conversations are a great pointer of public mood. Evening after evening spent […]
Global inflation rises. Commodity prices may fall.
Quick Edit: Every election makes psychologists out of equity investors. With every election, the tribe of arm chair experts is growing. […]
Put your conviction to work.
“When will you turn bullish?” Posing this question to an informed fund manager drew a cool response. “When the FII’s sell”. This […]
To wait or not to wait?
The RBI raised interest rates by 0.25%. Should that really be a worry? If so, for whom? The banks aren’t going to […]
Volatile Trade Continues
Steroids are wonder drugs meant to pull things up with recipients. Putting steroids to work is often an easy option before physicians […]
Think forward when markets look side-wards.
The third week of results season just went by. The last of the week’s results came from HDFC bank, India’s most adored […]