Category Archives: Value Investing

MAIN KYA KAROON, MAIN KYA KAROON?? BUY OR SELL

I just remembered the opening lines of a song from the Hindi movie Barfi ,seeing the gyrations of the stock markets. A lot of my readers have been calling me or querying on what next and what to do?

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PPFAS LONG TERM VALUE FUND

For all of you who have been patiently waiting for the “new fund offer” of a mutual fund I had advised earlier in my blog, the wait is over. PPFAS has opened the new fund for sale of units wef … 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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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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CETERIS PARIBUS

The other day I was addressing a group of professionals on how our emotional and behavioural makeup decides our financial destinies. And during the course of the talk, I suggested that whenever a good business temporarily undergoes a problem and … Continue reading

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MUTUAL FUNDS & MY FRIEND MUKUL

Happy New Year to all my readers. May you all have a great financial year ahead. There has been a gap since my last blog. The reason being I have been travelling a bit. I will try to be more … Continue reading

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WHICH BUSINESS SHOULD I BUY INTO?

I often discuss the concept of business and money with my 10 year old son Arjun. He has understood a basic concept of saving out of earnings. Out of the Rs 400/- pocket money which I give him, he saves … Continue reading

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HAPPY DIWALI…..TWO DIWALI STOCK PICKS

Happy Diwali and a prosperous new Samvat  to all my readers. I am often asked about what do I look when I pick stocks. I learnt three techniques from Prof Bakshi of MDI, Gurgaon. I now only use those three … 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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HIGHER MUTUAL FUND EXPENSES ALLOWED BY SEBI:WHAT NEXT?

I am just back from a sabbatical to Hongkong and the first thing which hits you when you land at Mumbai is the pathetic infrastructure which we have in the financial capital of a “supposedly aspiring superpower”. At the Mumbai … Continue reading

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