You can read Part 1 of this interview here.Dev: As a long-term investor, how should one control oneself to not to panic? Also, when should one panic (say, panic to buy more when markets falls a lot)?John: This just comes from maintaining…
State of Indian Stock Markets – May 2016
This is the monthly update of the state of Indian stock markets. As of now, it comprises only of Nifty50's P/E, P/BV ratios and Dividend Yield.The numbers are averages of P/E, P/BV and Dividend Yield in each month. The maps don't show the…
Interview with John Huber – Part 1
John Huber is portfolio manager at Saber Capital Management and author of the popular investing blog Base Hit Investing. In his own words, his investment style (which is amazingly methodical) is influenced by Warren Buffett, Ben Graham, Walter Schloss and Joel Greenblatt. …
Financial Principles by Jason Zweig. Guaranteed to Make You Smart.
When it comes to investing or personal finance, there’s a world of difference between a good advice and an advice that sounds good. It might not seem obvious at first, but there is. And Jason Zweig is one of the…
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Pay Off Loans or Start Saving & Investing?
Should I pay off my loans or invest for future goals? Or should I simultaneously tackle both? This and similar questions belong to a class of debate (Pay off Loans Vs. Invest), where to be honest, there is no one…
Why are IPOs Overpriced & come in Rising Markets?
Another IPO got oversubscribed few days back – that too 70+ times oversubscription - I so wish that I was the seller 😉 In recent times, the number of IPOs coming out has increased and more importantly, many of them…
State of Indian Stock Markets – April 2016
I regularly update the State of Markets section (link) on Stable Investor. This time when I updated it, I took a step further and decided to try and publish heat maps for 3 popular ratios (P/E, P/BV, Dividend Yield) of…
Health Care Inflation: Are Your Prepared for this Future Horror?
Rising cost of healthcare is not a new thing. But since most people in present generation are young, they don’t discuss it often. But still, the idea of health care inflation cannot be ignored now. Lets see why?…
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Interview With Mid-Cap Mogul Kenneth Andrade
Image Source: Livemint I recently had the privilege of talking to Kenneth Andrade, who is widely acknowledged as one of the best fund managers in the mid-cap space in India. Most people already know this legend and many refer…
How much Life Insurance to Buy & How To Calculate the Right Amount?
A reader had a very specific question in Personal Financial Concerns Survey 1.0. It was about calculations related to life insurance amounts. This is what he had to say: In past, I have bought insurance policies for saving taxes and…
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When to Choose a Not-So-Great Investment Strategy?
Few years back when I was working in oil sector, I was posted in a very remote location in Rajasthan. Since there was not much to do there, I used to regularly undertake biking trips to explore the state with my…
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17 Disturbing Personal Finance Questions to Ask Yourself
If I die today, how much money will my family be left with? How much of this money will come from my savings/investments and how much from the insurance? Will the money be sufficient for my family to take care…
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Getting Your Personal Finances in Order
There are people who struggle through their entire lives - just paying bills, loan EMIs and continuously doing things (or job) they don’t like. Lets aim not to be like those people.There are people who have no idea how they…
Do Indian Markets Bounce off PE levels of 12 & 24?
Sounds like a title of some Technical Analysis writeup? I don’t blame you. 🙂 But rest assured it is not. Infact, this will be an entertaining post for you if you are interested in giving some thought to PE-Based investing. In…
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P/E Ratio Analysis of Nifty – February 2016 Update
Note - I have updated this analysis in 2017 here. I had been working to make this analysis more useful. Like all previous updates, this one too has index (Nifty 50) analysis of 3, 5, and 7 years. But this…
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