The Power of Prescience
The power of prescience is not something that is easy to practice in our investing. Knowing something in advance can be unfair […]
Lock into Debt
The purpose of monetary policy is to manage inflation, facilitate growth, and regulate credit in the economy. The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee […]
Seek Safety
Indices do have their own way of peaking out. Up moves and peak outs are connected. What happens around an up move […]
Recalibrate Risks
Risks and returns are always meant to be viewed holistically. But, how many of us do that? An interesting incident only reminded us […]
Redo Asset Allocation
At a time when everybody has overdosed on equity, elections are looking imminent, macros are getting challenging, and benchmarks are outperforming portfolios, […]
Redux Hour Returns
Stock picking takes far more mind space, time, and effort in every investor’s life. The time dedicated to stock picking far exceeds […]
Be Defensive, Stay Contrarian
The genesis for the current meltdown in Indian markets must be understood well and remembered for a long time to come. Interestingly, […]
Stay Ahead of the Cycle
Market cycles tend to constantly throw challenges at investors. When markets are at cyclical highs, it is extremely difficult to sell and […]
The Crossroads Are Here
The sharp comeback in pharma stocks, the buyback announcement by TCS, and the sustained weakness in midcaps send out clear signals. The […]
Think Ahead
While the markets were focused on equities, yields on the 10-Year gilt quietly rose to cross 8% again. With other asset classes […]
Play It Safe
“Large caps look inexpensive compared to small and midcaps.” A value investing peer said this in a rather complaining tone. To investors […]
The Winner Takes It All
Participation in equity markets is viewed as a secular trend. Being invested is not the same thing as being invested in the […]