Category Archives: Behavioural Finance

INFOSYS AND THE STOCK MARKETS

Yesterday Infosys came out with its financial results and the stock markets tanked downwards. The second-largest IT services company in the country, Infosys Technologies Ltd saw a sharp and unprecedented decline in share prices, registering by the end of Friday … Continue reading

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PPFAS LONG TERM VALUE FUND GETS SEBI CLEARANCE FOR LAUNCH OF NFO

In one of my recent blogs I had asked my readers to keep money ready and get their KYC done so as to invest in PPFAS AMC’s new fund offering (NFO). I got a call from them yesterday that they … Continue reading

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FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets is a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that deals with the fallibility of human reasoning.  He published the book in 2001. Taleb’s other seminal work is The Black Swan   … Continue reading

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EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE MADNESS OF CROWDS

This is the title of an old famous book.  Henceforth, I shall periodically put on my blog a list of recommended books and in case I have read them their book reviews, too. These books were read by me very … Continue reading

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I NEED A “KICK” AND A ‘HIGH’

  Sudeep Sahi is a good friend. Yesterday over a chat at a party he asked me what was happening in the stock markets. I said, “Nothing. Just the usual, the markets are fluctuating.” I had actually borrowed the reply … Continue reading

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MONEY BALL & STOCK MARKETS

These days on Sony PIX channel in India, the movie Money Ball is being shown again and again. All investors in stock markets should either read this book or watch this movie. Brad Pitt, the hero is the coach of … Continue reading

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WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

Jude  is a young  officer in the forces. The other day we met at a social do and happened to chat. Jude was interested in stocks but was completely unaware of how it works? Also, he wanted to invest in … Continue reading

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WHEN TO SELL A SHARE?

  During the past few weeks I have interacted with a number of my readers and one common question was, I have so and so shares in my portfolio, the sensex is close to 18000 should I sell my shares? … Continue reading

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LIFE INSURANCE DEMYSTIFIED

Most people I meet or interact with, consider Life Insurance Policies as investment. It is the biggest myth for an investor.  Almost everyday, I get a query on Life Insurance or ULIP or some other insurance plan and invariably the … Continue reading

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VALUE INVESTING AND TWO VALUE PICKS

Value Investing as a term,  has its genesis in the teachings of Benjamin  Graham and David Dodd who taught  at Columbia Business School in 1928 and subsequently developed the “value investment” paradigm in their 1934 classic, “Security Analysis”, one of … Continue reading

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