Remember the crazy month of March 2020? When at one point the index was down almost 40% in a month? And markets made a multi-year low during the month. Things have changed a lot since then. And how so! Here…
Read More Markets Up 100% from March 2020 Lows! (Money doubled!)
I was recently quoted in Economic Times WEALTH (November 2020) in the Q&A section where a panel of experts answer reader’s questions related to any aspect of their personal finance. Here is the reader query about investing to grow wealth…
Why do we need to track the weightages of Nifty 50 stocks in the index? Because seemingly, the index is witnessing a concentration risk for some time now. And hence, those who track Nifty50 or invest in index funds tracking…
Nifty 50, as you know is made up of 50 stocks of different weightages. And generally, it is accepted to be a well-diversified index that represents the Indian markets sufficiently well. But in recent times, the skewed weights of few…
Read More Top 5 = 44%, Top 10 = 62%: Concentration Risk in Nifty 50?
I recently (June 2020) got quoted in Cosmopolitan magazine about the then market situation. (Please click on the image to get a zoomed version in new tab/window. Or you can download the pdf version of the article here - Cosmopolitan…
Read More (Quoted: Cosmopolitan – June 2020) Panicking about Markets?
The wait is finally over. Stable Asset Allocator + Stable Model Mutual Funds are available for purchase now. Both these products, namely i) Stable Asset Allocator, ii) Stable Model Mutual Funds are 2 (Two) separate premium subscription products. Though you…
Read More Launched: Asset Allocator + Model Mutual Funds (Premium)
This is the April 2020 update for the State of Indian Stock Markets. This update includes the historical analysis (since 1999, i.e. about 20+ years) and Heat Maps for the key ratios like P/E, P/BV ratios and Dividend Yield for Nifty50 and Nifty500. But first, here is how markets behaved this month.…
I couldn't pick a better word than 'unforgettable' to define March 2020. Ofcourse, another possible choice was 'Bloody' due to the sudden crash in Indian (and global) markets. But the speed and the sharpness of the fall was such that…
This is going to be a very small post. I tweeted this today. “Many people (me included) are of the view that this mean reversion was long due. But 'mean reversion' doesn’t imply that things stop at mean only. Mathematically,…
Yesterday, I sent out a note to my clients about the on-going market correction. And while talking to one of them, he asked me how much lower could the Nifty go? Since I don’t have a crystal ball, I could…
This is the February 2020 update (with a few additional days' data and up to 6th March 2020) for the State of Indian Stock Markets. This update includes the historical analysis (since 1999, i.e. about 20+ years) and Heat Maps for the key ratios…
Many people treat 5 years as long term. I don’t. But generally, 5 years is a sufficiently long period when it comes to investing in equity and comparing the returns with safer debt options like debt funds, PPF, fixed deposits,…
Read More 5-year Nifty Return Analysis (+ ‘Next’ 2 year Returns)
(Update - November 2019: PMS minimum investment size has been increased to Rs 50 lac by SEBI. Please read the following article in that light.) The minimum ticket size for PMS investments is Rs 25 lakhs. But that doesn’t mean…
Read More Don’t Invest in PMS just because You have Rs 25 lakh (or 50 lakh)
I was reading an old article titled False Profits by Jason Zweig here when I felt that it made sense to be shared with the reader here. So allow me to share parts of the article. I am sure you…
Many investors are angry. And many more are just plain disappointed. And why not? All those high returns that they came to identify equity with… are suddenly gone. In fact, just in the recent past, things were so rosy. Isn't…
Read More Angry Investor. Good Returns a Birthright. Feature not Bug
