Category Archives: Personal Finance

Correction in the Markets and What should an Investor do?

I wrote in August, in my last blog that the Sensex could correct sharply. It was at 37852 level on that day. It defied my logic, as the markets are always illogical. It peaked at 38896 a fortnight later on … Continue reading

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Sensex likely to Correct Sharply from 37852 so Keep your Cash Ready

I have not written my blog for the last few months for two reasons:- (a) A whole lot of wise people are tweeting, and re tweeting the lessons of Munger and Buffet. A lot of people are also  writing their … Continue reading

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PEDIGREED Initial Public Offering FORCES BREAK OF SABBATICAL

Hi Friends It has been a very long time since I put my fingers to a keyboard on this blog. I was waiting for some opportunities to advise you. Activity is not equal to making money in the stock markets. … Continue reading

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IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN

It has been sometime since I wrote. The stock markets were for most of 2017 fully in control of the bulls or optimists. As I write this Nifty is not only at an all time high of 10500 but also … Continue reading

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SHOULD I INVEST IN A HOLDING COMPANY?

A Holding company is a parent, who invests in a working child who has the energy and temperament to work hard, earn and give something back to the parents without their physically working. That in a layman’s term is a … Continue reading

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WHEN WILL THE MARKETS CORRECT?

That’s the question I am being asked very often these days. Ever since, my last blog post, I have been inundated by my readers and friends with two questions:-

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WHICH MUTUAL FUNDS TO INVEST IN?

A long break. Actually nothing exciting happening on the economy front but a lot happening on the behavioural finance front. In the last one month I have received six queries about which mutual funds to invest in, Or is this … Continue reading

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Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited and Allahabad High Court Judgement

Yesterday evening, the Allahabad High Court has passed an order that the DND Toll Will be removed and the commuters moving from Noida to Delhi and vice versa can move freely. It is front page news in all dailies overshadowing … Continue reading

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IS THERE AN ASSET BUBBLE BUILDING UP IN THE WORLD ECONOMY?

Are  we  heading for another crisis like the sub prime crisis? I think we are.   I am confused with the  negative bond yields and interest rates in Europe and Japan. What is happening, man? I am just thinking of … Continue reading

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DEPRIVATION SUPER REACTION SYNDROME AND MY WIFE

My wife is not a value investor. She is an impulsive buyer. She is under the spell of American Marketing Whiz Kids and Psychologists. I have seen her a number of times going for shopping to malls. The shopping mall … Continue reading

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