One of the problems in raising concerns about valuations is that you can end up looking like a party pooper. And if future markets movements do not happen in line with what you are expecting, you can even end up…
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State of Indian Stock Markets – October 2017
This is the October 2017 update for the State of Indian Stock Markets and includes historical analysis and Heat Maps of Nifty50 as well as Nifty500‘s key ratios, namely P/E, P/BV ratios and Dividend Yield. Please remember that these numbers are averages of P/E, P/BV and Dividend Yield in each month. Neither Nifty50 heat…
Accept Mean Reversion & follow your Asset Allocation
Asset Allocation and Mean Reversion - If you understand the real essence of these two concepts, you will do better than 99% of the investors. More importantly, if you are already utilizing these two concepts in your active investing, then…
Being Really Wealthy!
Making money is one thing and being wealthy is another thing. And that reminds me of a quote by Coco Chanel: “There are people who have money and people who are rich.” 🙂 I don’t know how to properly define…
Nifty Monthly Returns (updated 2017)
Updated - Nifty monthly returns data updated till October 2017. Many people want to know the monthly returns generated by stock markets. Though these monthly returns don’t matter much to the long-term investors, it still makes for an interesting data…
State of Indian Stock Markets – September 2017
This is the September 2017 update for the State of Indian Stock Markets and includes historical analysis and Heat Maps of Nifty50 as well as Nifty500‘s key ratios, namely P/E, P/BV ratios and Dividend Yield. Please remember that these numbers are averages of P/E, P/BV and Dividend Yield in each month. Neither Nifty50 heat…
Your Tolerance for Market Falls Is Probably Not What You Think
When markets fall or the economy goes into a recession, you will remain invested. Or better still, you will invest more (buy low philosophy) to ensure great future returns when markets recover. Right? That’s the plan? Great! It is exactly…
State of Indian Stock Markets – August 2017
This is the August 2017 update for the State of Indian Stock Markets. As usual, this monthly update includes historical analysis and Heat Maps of Nifty50 as well as Nifty500‘s key ratios, namely P/E, P/BV ratios and Dividend Yield. Please remember that these numbers are averages of P/E, P/BV and Dividend Yield…
Profiting + Saving Yourself by Recognizing Patterns
The market, like real world rarely plays out like it does on a spreadsheet. So as investors, we should build in the expectation of losses into our investment process. Nothing wrong in accepting what is a brutal truth. But apparently,…
It’s Your (& nobody else’s) Moral Duty to Achieve Higher Returns
This is a guest post by Amit Jain. A businessman and a valuation+quality conscious investor focusing on generating reasonably high returns from long term investing. In this post, he discusses about our moral duty to earn higher returns (when available).…
State of Indian Stock Markets – July 2017
This is the July 2017 update for the State of Indian Stock Markets. As usual, this monthly update includes historical analysis and Heat Maps of Nifty50 as well as Nifty500‘s key ratios, namely P/E, P/BV ratios and Dividend Yield. Please remember that these numbers are averages of P/E, P/BV and Dividend Yield…
Is Higher Cost of Active Management Justified in Indian Context?
You know about index funds. Right? Passively managed, these funds replicate the index at a portfolio level. So if the index has 50 stocks with different weightages, the index fund will have the same stocks in same weightages. Since this…
What’s the Right Portfolio Asset Allocation for Young Investors?
If you are young, earning and looking for some thoughts on investing, then this post will interest you. Being young, it is assumed that you would have a reasonably long investment horizon. Around 20 to 30 years before you will…
State of Indian Stock Markets – June 2017
This is the June 2017 update for the State of Indian Stock Markets. As usual, this monthly update includes historical analysis and Heat Maps of Nifty50 as well as Nifty500‘s key ratios, namely P/E, P/BV ratios and Dividend Yield. Please remember that these numbers are averages of P/E, P/BV and Dividend Yield…
Interviewing a Rich & Anonymous Investor
This guy is financially independent. He prefers that I don’t call him rich. 🙂 Manages an 8-9 figure portfolio for himself and family. Is a full-time investor. Straight talker. Is smart and extremely sensible when it comes to money. So…